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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



BEING VOLUME 11 OF THE CHENEY SERIES 
OF SCHOOL MANUALS. 



COMPILED BY 

MRS. JAMES DOW McVEY. 

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Late Teacheb of History and Literature, Ten Broeck 
Academy, Franklinville, N. Y. 



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As in all narration there is of necessity some connecting medium, »o, 
through these lessons runs the thread of time, upon which are placed, in their 
order, events of our national history. 

The special merit claimed for this compilation lies in such arrangement of 
the questions as shall leave upon the mind a clear-cut impression, in which 
prominent points are given due eminence, and unimportant ones occupy 
their proper places. 

The subject is divided into seven periods; occurrences in these are present- 
ed in chronological order. In the reviews at the close of each epoch, this 
sequence of events is not foUowtd, but questions are upon such incidents as 
may need to be emphasized. By this method pupils gain experience which 
may be valuable when undergoing the Regents examinations, as their papers 
necessarily are made up of questions concerning unrelated periods. The re- 
views are al.so designed to throw sidelights upon historic occasions, and to 
bring to view the relation between cause and effect, as upon that depends 
largely, the worth of a book of this nature. 

The Manual, in connection with any text-book, may supplement the daily 
work of the teacher; and relief from laborious black-board work will follow 
the placing of the books in the hands of pupils to be used in the regular 
class drill. 

There are no "catch" questions; should one occasionally appear which is 
not fully answered by the textbook, interest may be aroused by requiring 
students to find out the facts for themselves, thereby acquiring one of the 
kinds of knowledge mentioned in the famous saying of Dr. Samuel Johnson: 
'There are two kinds of knowledge; to know a thing ourselves, or, to know 
where to find information upon a subject." 

The matter of the French and Spanish settlements in North America, is 
touched upon here only as these bear upon the history of the United States; 
but so lately as January, 1902, the importance and extent of the French oc- 
cupation of our western country were vividly recalled by the announcement 
upon that date was erased from the map of the United States — by the postal 
authorities— the name of Kaskaskia. Before the planting of the last of the 
English-American colonies, this flourishing French capital is said by histor- 
ians "to have been to Illinois what Paris is at this day to France." 

Much painstaking research and verification have been given to the work 
which is brought down to the present year. In addition to the book proper, 
a supplementary chapter upon New York — Colony and State — is given. 
AS this required the consulting of authorities not easily accessable, the 
answers follow the questions in this chapter. 

ISIDORE VAN AERNAM McVEY, A. M. 



INDEX. 



LESSONS 

Discovery and Colonization of the New World I— III 

Virginia IV 

Massachusetts V 

New Hampshire " VI 

New York VII 

Maryland VIII 

Connccticvit IX 

Rhode Island X 

New Jersey XI 

North Carolina XII 

South Carolina XIII 

Delaware XIV 

Pennsylvania XV 

Georgia XVI 

Review XVII— XX 

King William's War XXI 

Queen Anne's, King George's War XXII 

French and Indian War XXIII 

Review XXIV 

Revolutionary War XXV— XXVIII 

Adoption of Constitution XXIX 

Review XXX— XXXII 

Washington's Administration XXXIII 

John Adams' Administration XXXIV 

Madison's Administration, War of 1812 XXXV 

Monroe, John Q Adams' Administration XXXVI 

Jackson's Administration XXXVII 

VanBuren, Harrison and Tyler's Administration XXXVIII 

Polk's Administration, Mexican War XXXIX 

Reviews XL— XLI 

Slavery Agitation XLII— XLIII 

Civil War XLIV— XLVII 

Review of Fifth Period X^VIII-XLIX 

Reconstruction I, — LI 

Garfield and Arthur, Cleveland's First Term LII 

Harrison, Cleveland's Second Term LIII 

Review LIV 

Spanish War LV— LVII 

Review of the Seventh Period LVIII 

Insular Possessions LIX 

Admission of States and Territories. State Flowers I<X 

Supplementary Chapter with Answers 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



FIRST PERIOD.'' 



LESSON I. 
Discovery and Colonization of the New World. 

1. What Norsemaa visited the coast of New England about the 

year 1000 ? What did he name it ? 

2. Was this visit followed by permanent settlements by the 

Norsemen ? 

3. Was the theory of the spherical form of the eartli first ad- 

vanced by Columbus ? 

4. What famous teacher. — long before the time of Columbus — 

had taught his pvipils that "The earth is round"' ? 

5. Did Pythagoras believe that all parts of the earth were in- 

habited; how many years was this before Columbus ? 

6. What commercial need led to the discovery of the New 

World ? 
7 In 1453 the Turks barred Christians from Mediterranean 
ports: how did this contribute to the discovery of America ? 

8. What inventions made the voyage possible ? 

9. Uow did the route of Columbus and other navigators differ 

from that of modern Atlantic steamers? Why ? 

10. What was meant by a northwest passage? 

11. What discoveries were made by Columbus on his first voyage; 

how many did he make to the New World ? 

* For convenience this study of American history is ilivlilcil into Seven 
Perioils : 

Fii;-t Period.— The Discovery of America and its Colonization by Euro- 
pean Nations. 
Second Period.— Colonial Wars. 

Third Period,— Revolutionary War; ITramlng and Adoption of the Con- 
stit uiion. 

Fourth Perioii.— From the Adoption of the Constitution to the Compro- 
mi:^c of 18.')0. 

Fifth Period.— From the Compromise of 1850 to the close of the Civil War. 

SiMli Perloil.— From ihe close of the Civil War to the War with Spain. 

Seventh Period.— The War with Spain and Expansion Problems. 



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12. Where diii lie die: where was he first buried; how many 

times has his body been sent across the ocean ? 

13. When did the Cabots — John and Sebastian — reach the North 

American coast? By what Englisli king were thej' em- 
ployed ? 

14. flow many voyages did they make; were their discoveries 

followed immediately by English settlements ? 

15. Wiiat interest attaches to Americus V^espucius, of Florence, 

Italy.' 

16. (Jive an account of the discovery of Florida ? 

17. Who was IJalboa; what did he discover in 1513. 

18. Wlio, in 1519, excelled all voyagers up to that date; what 

islands were reached by him; where did he die? 

19. Were the Indians, found here by the early explorers, the first 

inhabitants of this count y ? 

20. When was it first known th.it a race had flourished here, of 

whom the Indians were ignorant ? 

21. flow were the mounds discovered; how do they differ in 

form and size; what is their height ? 

22. I'\)i- what purpose were they built; in what localities are 

1 liey found ? 

23. .In Idling from articles found in the mounds, how did their 

builders compare, as to civilization, with the race found 
by Columbus ? 



LESSON II. ■ 

DlSOOVKliV .\.\1) COI.OMZATIO.N OF TIIK NeW WORLD. 

1. To what nation did Ferdinand Magellan belong ? 

2. J<\)r what is another Portuguese navigator famous ? 

3. Wliat rule was sanctioned by Pope Alexander VI. in order 

to prevent disputes between Spain and Portugal ? 

4. Where is the oldest land in the world; why then is this old 

bind called the New World ? 

5. Hesiiles the one of 1498, name another English exiiloi- 

ation of the Atlantic coast, in 157() ? 

6. What Englishman r.splored AU)emarle and Pamlico Sounds 

in ]-,^\ ? 

7. What famous Englishman explored the Pacific in 1579 ? 



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8. What French explorer sailed up the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 

1506 ? 

9. Describe Verazzanis' voyage along the Atlantic coast in 1524. 

10. What exploration was made by Car tier in 1534 ? 

11. What lakes were discovered in 1609 by Champlain ? 

12. Name the territory explored by La Salle; when did he sail 

the entire length of the Mississippi river '? 

13. Mention a French Huguenot settlement made at Port Royal ? 

14. The beginning of European wars in this country was at 

Port Royal, in 1565: who made the attack upon that 
settlement ? 

15. When and where did the French retaliate ? 

16. What waters were known as the Spanish Main ? 

17. Which European nation was most noted for explorations on 

land; which did most of the work of discovery by sea ? 

18. Which nation outstripped all others as colonizers ? 

19. What evidence exists to-day of French exploration in the 

Mississippi valley '? 

20. What English navigator first sailed directly across the At- 

lantic; how much shorter was his route ? 



LESSON III. 
Discovery and Colonization of the New World. 

1. Name the four nations that made claim to the present terri- 

tory of the United States ? 

2. Mention some characteristics of the American Indians in 

the colonization period ? 

3. Name the only permanent Spanish settlement; its date ? 

4. What was the first permanent Frencli settlement in Canada ? 

5. Did the French settle any colony in the United States ? 

6. Name the colonies settled by the Dutcii V 

7. By what nation was Delaware .settled ? 

8. Name the colonies planted by English speaking people ? 

9. In what direction did the English grants extend ? 

10. Describe the French claims; the Spanish; how were these 

overlapping claims .settled ? 

11. Were the Indians considered or consulted, as to the disposal 

of these great tracts of land ? 



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12. By which English king were the grants to the London and 

Plymouth Companies given; in what year ? 

13. What was included in the London Company s patent ? 

14. By what degrees of latitude was the I'lymouth grant 

bounded ? 

15. To whom did the land, lying between the boundaries of the 

two Companies, belong ? 

16. What measures were taken by the English government to 

encourage colonization ? 

17. Were the Companies of noblemen and gentlemen fitted for 

the work of planting settlements ? 

18. What classes of men were sent by England as pioneers; what 

dangers confronted the settlers ? 

19. To what profession did the most prominent of the early 

French leaders belong ? 

20. Name the thirteen colonies in the order of their settlement ? 



LE.SSON IV. 
Virginia, 1607. 



1. When and by whom was Virginia settled ? 

2. Why is Virginia called The Old Dominion; which poem of 

Spencer's is dedicated to Elizabeth. Queen of England, 
France, Ireland, and Virginia '? 

3. IIow man}' settlers came, in 1607, with Captain Newport; 

who was chosen governor ? 

4. Name the provisions of the first charter ? 

5. What change was made in this charter; when '? 

6. Who was the first royal governor ? 

7. What brought on the disaster known as "the starving time;" 

when; name tlie provi.sions of the third charter ? 

8. When did self-government in Virginia, and in America, be- 

gin; what were the members of the legislature called ? 

9. What power had the governor; was the legislative power 

more apparent than real ? 

10. What staple product of Virginia was used as currency ? 

When did slavery begin; how long did it continue ? 

11. What dreadful disaster occurred in 1G22 and again in 1644 ? 

Was there ever further Indian trouble in Virginia ? 

12. What class of people emigrated to Virginia during the Civil 

War in England ? 



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13. Were the Virginians loj'al to the king; how were they re- 

garded by Cromwell '? 

14. Why did James I. amend the charter in 1624 ? 

15. What was the established religion of the colony ? 

16 Give an account of Bacon's rebellion: how did it end ? • 

17. What were the educational facilities of this colony ? 

18. Give the number of its inhabitants at the close of the colo- 

nial period ? 

19. Which colonist of Jamestown gave New England its name; 

in what way did he call attention to the region ? 

20. When was the College of William and Mary established ? 

21. Name two of the royal governors who were men of except- 

ionally strong character and influence ? 



LESSON V. 
Massachusetts, 1630. 

1. When and by whom was the first settlement made in New 

England; why were these people called Pilgrims ? 

2. From what place in Holland did they sail; in what vessel; 

where did they intend to locate ? 

3. Which Company had granted a tract of land to the Pilgrims ? 

4. What became of the Speedwell; how many passengers were 

on board the Mayflower ? 

5. Who had already given, to the site chosen for a town, the 

name of Plymouth ? 

6. How many of the one hundred and two brought by the 

Mayflower, died before spring ? 

7. When was a day of Thanksgiving appointed; by what 

governor ? 

8. VVhat Indian tribe occupied the tract of country about Ply- 

mouth; why were the white people unmolested by the 
Indians ? 

9. Of what tribe was Canonicus, sachem? Did the colonists re- 

ceive help from the Plymouth Company ? 

10. How did the Virginia and Plymouth colonies differ ? 

11. Was the Puritan exodus a movement for religious toleration; 

by what year had that exodus ended ? 

12. From what place in England did the emigration of the Puri- 

tans really begin ? The earliest counties of Massachusetts 
were named Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex: what would that 
indicate ? 



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13. Give the provisions of charter granted in 1629, to the Gov 

ernor and Company of Massachusetts liay ? 

14. Where did this Colony settle: how was the settlement 

named; who was its governor ? 

15. How did Salem, in 1G29, compare in numbers with Plymouth 

after a growth of nearly nine years ? 

16. Name the leader of the migration of Puritan^ in 1(530 ? 

How many settlers came that yea 

17. What other towns besides Boston were settled by this influx ? 

18. The question of self-government was raised at Watertown 

in 1631: VVhy did they refuse to be taxed ? 

19. Give an account of Francis Higginson and the first Congre- 

gational church founded in Massachusetts ? 

20. Give a brief history of each of the following distinguished 

clergymen of Massachusetts: John Cotton; John Harvard; 
John Eliot. For what is Eliot famous ? 

21. When was a college established; give the origin of its name ? 

22. In what year were Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colo- 

nies united; how long was its charter in force ? 

23. Define: Sep^aratist; Puritan; Pilgrim ? 



LESSON VI. 
New Hampshire, 1623. 

1. When was New Hampshire settled; what was the town lo- 

cated at the mouth of Piscataqua named ? 

2. What territory was included in the grant to Gorges and 

Mason ? 

3. Who was Sir Ferdinando Gorges; what office was held by 

John Mason iu the Plymouth Council of New England ? 

4. To which partner was the tract between the Merrimac and 

Piscataqua rivers granted ? 

5. In commemoration of what fact did Mason name the town 

and colony, Portsmouth and Hampshire V 

6. Were the little fishing-stations, built before the founding of 

Portsmouth, permanent '? 

7. Name the four towns that were under the jurisdiction of 

Massachusetts after 1643 ? 

8. What trouble arose from conflicting claims ? 

9. What trouble had this colony besides disputes about claims ? 



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10. How were the colonists treated by Governor Andrus ? 

11. When were Hampton, Exeter, Dover and Portsmouth erected 

into royal province ? 
13. Upon the departure of Andrus in 1688, what steps were taken 
by the New Hampshire colonists? 

13. How long did it remain under the protection of Massachu- 

setts, and when did it become for the second time a royal 
province ? 

14. From what Indians, other than their own, did the colonists 

suffer ? 

15. Why did the authox-ities of New Hampshire issue grants of 

land in Vermont ? 

16. Wliy was the town of Bennington named in honor of Gov- 

ernor Benning Wentworth ? 

17. Mention some characteristics of the New Hampshire 

colonists ? • 

18. To what authority were Mason and Gorges subject '? 

19. Had any individual as yet received a patent from the crown ? 

20. When, later, such cases occurred what was the form of gov- 

ernment called ? 



LESSON VII. 
New York, 1623. 



1. In what year did Hudson discover the river now bearing his 

name; by what nation was he employed ? 

2. How far up the river did he sail; give the name of his ship ? 

3. What Italian navigator, in the employ of Prance, had prob- 

ably sailed into New York bay in 1,52-1 ? 

4. The iirst founders of Dutch and French power in America, 

— Hudson and Champlain — were, in the summer of 1609, 
only a few miles apart, in the present state of New York: 
What action on the part of Champlain, drew upon the 
French nation, the unrelenting hatred of the Iroquois, 
and assured to the Dutch the friendship oi the five nations'? 

5. Between what rivers did the Dutch claim lie ? 

6. What permanent settlements were made by the Netherland- 

ers: did they purchase the land from the Indians '? 

7. Name the Dutch governors of New Netherland ? 

8. How did Holland, at that time, rank among the powers of 

Europe ? 



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9. Into the hands of what Company was New Netherland e"iv- 

en by the States General '? 
30. Did the Patroon system lessen the attachment of the Hol- 
lander to the soil of New Netherland ? 

11. Were all the inhabitants of New Netherland Hollanders ? 

12. Give the reason why New York was always a city of the 

world ? 

13. At what place was a treaty made with the Indians in 1684 ? 

14. In what year was New Netherland captured by the English; 

were England and Holland then at war ? 

15. Had New York a charter; how did this colony differ from 

the other twelve ? 

16. When did the Dutch recapture New Netherland; how long 

did it continue to be a Dutch colony ? 

17. When England again came into possession of the colony how 

was it governed ? 

18. Was New York a slave-holding State '? 

19. In which branch of the government did the colonists of 

York have a voice ? 

20. By which one of the English Governors was a charter grant- 

ed to Albany ? 

21. Were the people of New York bigoted; mention some reasons 

why the Dutch should have learned religious toleration 
in Holland ? 

LESSON VIII. 
Maryland, 1634. 

1. Who was the proprietor and founder of Maryland ? 

2. Give a brief account of its settlement; when and where was 

it made ? 

3. Of what class were the settlers; why did they leave England? 

4. What was tlie character of its charter; mention the rights 

given to the proprietor; to the colonist ? 
,5. How did this liberality affect the growth of the colony ? 

6. At what place was the capital established; what legislative 

body met there in 1635 ? 

7. What power was given to Lord Baltimore by the charter ? 

8. What change in legislative representation was found, in 

1639, to be imperative ? 

9. Give an account of some troublesome settlers who came in 

1642 ? 



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10. What was the g-overnment of the colony ? 

11. Give an account of Clayborne's Rebellion; its cause and 

result ? 
13. What was the Toleration Act ? 

13. Give the first name of the chief Puritan settlement in Mary- 

land; what was it afterwards called ? 

14. What changes, political and religious, took place during the 

Commonwealth; to what did this lead ? 

15. What effect had the restoration of Charles II, upon Mary- 

land affairs ? 

16. What religious troubles arose at the time of the Revolution 

in England ? 

17. When was Maryland made a royal province ? 

18. What caused disputes between Maryland and Virginia; what 

boundary was known as Mason and Dixon's line '? 
19 Mention the principal product of the colony ? 
20. What, was the family name of the Lords Baltimore; how is 

it perpetuated in the city of Baltimore ? 



LESSON IX. 
Connecticut, 1635-1636. 

1. By what European was Connecticut probably discovered in 

1613 ? 

2. To whom was it granted in 1630; to whom was the grant 

transferred in 1631 '? 

3. Name the territory included in the patent ? 

4. What nation claimed the soil by right of discovery and of 

pui'chase; what fort had been built near the present site 
of Hartford before the arrival of the Massachusetts men ? 

5. By whom, when, and where, was the first permanent settle- 

ment made ? 

6. For how many miles had this company of emigrants traveled 

through the wilderness; relate the storj' of their first win- 
ter in Connecticut ? 

7. When did the first legislative assembly convene at Hartford ? 

8. Give an account of the building of the English fort at the 

mouth of the river ? 

9. Why were the fort, and afterward the town, named Say 

brook ? 
10. When was New Haven founded; name its leader ? 



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11. How did the government of New Haven differ from that of 

other eoloaies ? 

12. When did the colony of Connecticut, (in the valley), ceabe to 

be subject to Massachusetts ? 
I'i. The leading features of the constitution adopted by this 
colony, in 1G39, have been copied into the constitutions 
of the several states of the Union. Give a summary of 
this document ? , 

14. When were Connecticut and Saybrook united under one 

charter; what was the character of the cliarter ? 

15. Name the most powerful of the New England tribes of 

Indians ? 

16. Give a brief account of the Pequod war and its result; who 

kept the Narragansetts from joining the Pequods ? 

17. How was the charter saved when James II annulled it ? 

What king restored charter government to the colony '? 

18. When was Yale College established; at what place; when 

was it removed to New Haven ? 

19. What was tiie population of the colony at the close of the 

period y 

LESSON X. 
*Rhode Island, 1636. 
1 What traders gave the name "Roode Eylandt," to the region 
now known as Rhode Island; wliat did the name signify ? 
2. What trade was carried on there by the Dutch and the 

Indians ? 
b. What led to its settlement by the English ? 

4. Who was Roger Williams; where was the church located, of 

which he had formerly been pastor ? 

5. Why was he banished from Massachusetts ? 
G What did he name his new home; why ? 

7. (iive an account of the government established there ? 

8 What settlements were made on the island of Aquiday, 

(Rhode Island.) in 1638 ? 

9 What principle was proclaimed bj' Williams ? How did it 

affect the colony '? 
10. When' were Providence and Rhode Island united under one 
char ter ? _____ 

♦Under the conBtitutional amendment adopted In 1900, Nepwort In 1902 
ceased to be one of the state capitals of Rbode Island; Providence Is now 
the sole capital of the state. 



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11. What rights were guaranteed, to the settlers, by this 

charter ? 
13. How did the colony fare during- the Commonwealth; and 

after the restoration ? 

13. In what Indian war did this colony suffer severely ? 

14. What was Rhode Island's relation to the New England Con- 

federacy '? 

15. Although. Rhode Island was excluded from the benefits of 

the Confederacy, did she bear a share of the burden ? 

16. Compare Rhode Island and Maryland, in respect to the lib- 

erty of conscience allowed in each ? 

17. Did Massachusetts ever repeal the sentence of banishment 

in the case of Roger Williams ? 

18. When was the College of Rhode Island established; at what 

place ? 

19. Why was the name of the institution afterward changed to 

Brown University ? 

20. Aboutwhat population had Rhode Island at the beginning 

of the Revolution ? 



LESSON XI. 
New Jersey, 1664. 



1. In what colony was New Jersey originally included; by 
whom was it settled in 1620; what fort was built in 1623 '? 

3. To whom did the Duke of York cede it in 1664: give the 
origin of the name '? 

3. Where was the first English settlement made; when ? From 

what English settlements did the inhabitants come ? 

4. What induced emigrants to flock into the new colony '? 

What terms were offered to settlers ? 

5. After the proprietors had sold lands to colonists, what trou- 

ble arose concerning titles ? 

6. In what year did the colony fall again into the hands of the 

Dutch ? 

7. How many colonies were placed under the rule of Governor 

Andrus in 1685, by James II '? 

8. Which part of the province belonged to Lord Berkeley; to 

whom did he sell his interest ? 

9. When did William Penn, and others buy East Jersey from 

the heirs of Carteret ? 



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10. After Andrus was driven from America, how were East and 

West Jersey governed ? 

11. Why did the proprietors surrender the province to the 

crown ? 

12. Under which governor of New York was it placed ? 

13. Until what date did it remain a dependency of New York ? 

14. Who was the last of the roj-al governors of New Jersey ? 

15. Mention some natural advantages which led to prosperity ? 

16. Had this colony any serious troubles with the Indians ? 

17. What wastlie population at the close of the colonial period ? 

18. To what religious sect did nearly all the settlers in West 

Jersey belong ? 

19. Of what nationalities were the inhabitants of East Jersey ? 

20. Was it a fortunate circumstance that a peaceful people, like 

the Quakers, intervened between Cavaliers and Puritans'? 



LESSON XII. 
North Carolina, 1651. 



1. What settlement was made by Huguenots, about 1662; who 

was the leader of the expedition; what was the fate of the 
colony ? 

2. Who gave the name Carolina to the region ? 

3. To whom did Charles I. grant an immense territory south 

of Virginia in 1630 ? 

4. Where did New England Puritans make a settlement in 

Carolina ? 

5. Heaths grant having lapsed, to whom did Charles II give 

Carolina ? 

6. What rights were conferred upon the proprietors ? 

7. What became of the Puritan colony wnen it was known 

that the domain had been given to the king's courtiers ? 

8. When was the first permanent .settlement made ? 

9. V\ ho was governor of that colony; how far did his authority 

extend ? 

10. What was the 'Grand Model"; by wnom was it framed; 

when ? 

11. Was it ever put into operation ? 

12. Name the most infamous governor Carolinians ever had; 

what measure was taken to rid themselves of him ? 



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13. What 'Good Quaker' governor, in 1605. restored quiet and 

prosperity ? 

14. What Indian trouble occurred in 1711-1713; by what tribe 

were the Indians led ? 

15. How many of the Tusearoras were captured in 1713 ? What 

confederation did they join ? 

16. When Carolina became a royal province in 1729, how was 

the domain divided ? 

17. Was this division, into North and South Carolina, perma- 

nent '? 

18. How did the settlements in North Carolina prosper ? 

19. What declaration was made by the Assembly of North Caro- 

lina as to the right of Parliament to tax the colonies ? 

20. What became of her roya! governor in 1775. 



LESSON XIII. 
South Carolina, 1670. 

1. Where, and when, was the first settlement made in South 

Carolina ? 

2. Who was the first governor ? 

3. When was Charleston founded ? 

4. How was the "Grand Model' regarded by the South Caro- 

linians ? 

5. By what ineans did the Coast Indians annoy the settlers ? 
G. What settlers came \o the colony in large numbers, in 1690? 

7. Name other nationalities that emigrated to this colony soon 

after the Huguenots came ? 

8. What were the relations between the inhabitants and the 

proprietary rulers ? 

9. When Sothel, the banished governor of North Carolina, ap- 

peared, how was he I'eceived ? 

10. When he had plundei-ed and tyrannized over the colonists 

for two years, what occurred ? 

11. What expedition was led by Governor Moore in 1702; was it 

a success ? 

12. When were Bills of Credit first issued by South Carolina; to 

meet the expenses of what campaign '? 

13. Give an account of the expedition against the Appalachians; 

what tribute was exacted from the Indians ? 



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14. What form of worship did the proprietors attempt to impose 

upon the colonists ? 

15. What action was taken by the Assemblj' concerning the 

Episcopal church; what act was passed in reference to 
Dissenters ? 

16. When did the British government compel the Assembly to 

repeal the act '? 

17. For what purpose was an Indian Confederation formed ? 

18. Why did the colonists rebel, in 1719, and appoint their own 

officers ? 

19. How did this lead to the two Carolinas becoming- royal 

provinces '? 

20. When was rice first cultivated in the colony; in what state, 

besides South Carolina, is it now a staple product ? 



LESSON XIV. 

Delaware, 1682. 



1. In whose honor are the river, bay and state of Delaware 

named ? 

2. Of what colony had he been governor; in what year did he 

enter Delaware bay ? 

3. Where had Godj^n — a director in the West India Company — 

bought a tract of land in Delaware ? 

4. Name the patroons who founded a settlement in that colony ? 

5. When did a colony of Swedes and Finns plant a settlement 

near the site of Wilmington V 
(5. By what right did the Dutch claim Delaware "* 

7. In what year did the Dutch conquer the Swedes of Delaware; 

how long did the Dutch control it ? 

8. Why did Lord Baltimore claim the region ? 

9. How did William Penn acquire title to a portion of Dela- 

ware ? 

10. What name was given to it bj'^ Penn ? 

11. How were the "Three lower Counties on the Delaware,'' 

governed ? How many delegates were allowed to each 
county ? 

12. To what religious denomination did the majority of its 

settlers belong "' 

13. After 1703 what change was made in the government '? 



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14. Name some characteristic traits of the inhabitants of Dela- 

ware ? 

15. Why is it sometimes called The Diamond State ? 

16. What was its population atthe beginnii g- of the Revolution ? 

17. What forms the eastern boundar}^ of the State ? 

18. How, and where, were the Delawares living when Euro- 

peans found them ? 

19. To what nation of Indians do the Delawares belong ? 

20. Where was Swaanendiel located; when was it destroyed by 

Indians ? 



LESSON XV. 

Pennsylvania, 1682, 

1. Who was the founder of Pennsylvania; give a brief account 

of the man ? 

2. Why was this domain in America granted by Charles II, to 

William Penn ? 

3. By whom was the present area of the State of Deleware 

surrendered to Penn ? 

4. What nation claimed jurisdiction over the waters of Dela- 

ware bay and river ? 

5. What nation assailed the claim of the Dutch, and planted a 

colony in 1638, upon the west shores of those waters ? 

6. When did Penn send settlers to colonize the territory ? 

7. Name the Superintendent; how did he treat the Swedes he 

found there ? 

8. Did Penn purchase from the Indians the tract already 

granted him; what was the Charter of Liberties ? 

9. In what year did Delaware secede, and set up a separate 

government; who was the first governor ? 

10. Why was Penn temporarily deprived of his Colonial rights ? 

11. Under which governor of New York were Pennsylvania and 

Delaware placed in 1693; when were Penns rights re- 
stored ? 

12. When did he appoint his agent, — Markham, — deputy gover- 

nor ? 

13. Until what date was Delaware a part of Pennsylvania ? 

14. Did Delaware become entirelj' indej)endent in 1700 ? 

15. When did Penn grant a new charter to Pennsylvania ? 



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16. Until what date were the two provinces under one govern- 

ment ? 

17. What boundary line was a topic of disputes; when was it 

settled; by what name is it known ? 

18. Were there any Indian troubles while Penn's descendants 

ruknl the province ? 

19. Members of what religious denomination had been the cliief 

settlers until 1715 ? 

20. What nationalities came in large numbers from 1715 to 1725; 

to what sect did these belong ? 



LESSON XVI. 
Georgia, 1732. 

1. When was Georgia settled; what nations claimed the terri- 

tory from the Savannah river to the vicinity of St. 
Augustine ? 

2. By what nation was Georgia colonized; for what purpose ? 

3. To whom was the grant given; how did it differ from other 

colonial grants ? 

4. By whom was the plan devised ? 

5. How were the expenses of emigrants defrayed ? 

6. How was the colony governed; was political liberty granted 

to the people ? 

7. Why did the founding of Georgia afford mucli satisfaction 

to the inhabitants of South Carolina ? 

8. Where was the first settlement made ? 

9. What nationalities wei-e represented in the colony ? Name 

three eminent Methodists vvho came to Georgia at an early 
d:ite ? 
lu. \\ hat efforts were made to conciliate the Indians ? 

11. Tpon what condition was land parcelletl out to settlers '? 

12. How did General Oglethorpe put the colony into a state of 

defense ? Which did he fear more, the Spaniards or the 
Indians ? 

13. What causes for dissatisfaction had the colonists ? 

14. When was the clause prohibiting slavery removed ? 

15. In what year was an Assembly established ? 

16. What effect did these changes in the government have upon 

the prosperity of the colony ? 



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17. What additional territory was annexed to Georgia, in 1763, 

by royal proclamation ? 

18. What were the staple productions of the colony ? 

19. Was the cultivation of cotton profitable at the close of the 

colonial period ? 

20. What was the population of Georg-ia at the beginning of the 

Revolution ? 



LESSON XVII. 
Review of First Period. 

1. Give the probable date of birth, and the birthplace of 

Columbus ? 

2. To whom did he apply for assistance in his undertaking; 

upon what grounds did these refuse aid ? 

3. Who finally enabled him to make the voyage; what terms 

were made by the Spanish Court ? 

4. When did he sail; from what port; on what date was land 

discovered ? 

5. What claims are made for the two Italians, Cabot and Ves- 

pucci ? 

6. Give dates and localities to sustain these pretensions ? 

7. How were the conflicting territorial rights, settled between 

the four nations ? 

8. When and by whom, was the coast of Brazil discovered ? 

9. What discovery was made in 1512; by whom ? 

10 Who discovered the Pacific ocean; who named it ? 

11. By whom was the Island of Cuba conquered; in what year ? 

12. How did England, France and Spain encourage colonization ? 

13. Since when, have the fisheries off the coast of Newfoundland 

been a scource of trouble, bet^veen France and England ? 

14. What were the occupations of the Indians in 1493; have 

their characteristics and habits changed ? 

15. Did the Spaniards make any permanent settlements within 

the present territory of the United States ? 

16. Of what nationality was Verazzani; in the service of what 

nation was he engaged ? 

17. What part of the New World was explored by Narviuz ? 

18. What was the main object of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's voyage 

to America ? 



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19. Name the parts of the TTnited States that were explored by 

Spaniards ? 
to. Which of the early explorers found gold in quantity; in 

what part of North America was it found ? 



LESSON XVIII. 
Review of First Period. 

1. What religious denominations were represented in the New 

World ? 

2. Mention two occasions of extreme hardship: one in Virginia; 

one in Plj'mouth ? 

3. What was the Dutch West India Compan\-; for what purpose 

was it oi-ganized ? 

4. Whicli is the oldest existing town in the original States of 

the Union ? 

5. Mention two dangers which threatepied New England in 

1G3G. 

6. In which colony was the right to vote, confined to church- 

members ? 

7. Did the New England colonists purchase the land from the 

Indians; of what tribe was Philip chief sachem '? 

8. Give briefly an account of King Philip's War ? 

9. By what names has it been known '? 

10. The arms of Virginia were once quartered with those of 

England, Scotland and Ireland, as an independent mem- 
ber of the Kingdom; why ? 

11. From this circumstance, what title did Virginia receive; 

how late were coins struck, bearing such quarterings ? 
1:1. What act passed in KJSlt, by the colony of Massachu.setts 
Bay, was an incentive to the colonists to follow the sea ? 

13. How .soon after the settlement of Plymouth were native- 

built vessels trading along the coast of New England, the 
shores of Long Island and Connecticut ? 

14. With .ships of what nation did they compete on the fi.shing 

grounds ? 
1.5. Who designed and built the first large vessel constructed in 

Atuerica; in what year ? 
1(1. Who were the regicides; how many camo to this country ? 
17. Locate Fort Duquesne; why was the location of importance 

to tlie French ? 



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18. Why was Virginia more interested than other colonies in 

the capture of this fort ? 

19. The cultivation of what crop, secured the lasting prosperity 

of South Carolina ? 

20. By what two colonies was Vermont claimed; what colonies 

claimed Long Island ? 



LESSON XIX. 
Review of First Period. 

1. For what reasons did the majority of the early colonists 

come to this country ? 

2. V/hy — in many cases — were thej^ backed by the capital of 

rich men ? 

3. What part of the continent did the thirteen colonies occupy ? 

4. When they settled in the interior, why was it along the 

rivers ? 

5. What animals roamed the forests ? 

6. Where was the only break in the line of English possessions 

along the Atlantic coast ? 

7. Virginia and New Amsterdam were centers of business, be- 

cause of the trade in two commodities: name these articles? 

8. To what markets were they sent ? 

■ 9. Name other centers of Dutch life beside New Amsterdam ? 

10. By what means did Canonicus express his defiance of the 

English; what reply was made by Governor Hradford ? 

11. In the 16th century, what part of the country was occupied 

by the Iroquois ? 

12. Besides farming, what was the principal occupation of the 

Maine and Massachusetts colonists ? 

13. What was Father Marquette's most famous exploration ? 

14. How many attempts at settlements were made by Kaleigh ? 

15. What was a "Charter;" name a colony which had a charter 

government ? 

16. Naine the four colonies which were banded together under 

the title of The United Colonies of New England ? 

17. Where did the Swedes make asettlment in North America ? 

18. For what is John Eliot remembered; to what colony did he 

beloni;- ? 



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19. What restriction did England put upon the colonists of 

Carolina as to their pine trees ? 

20. For what colony was John Lockes Grand Model designed ? 

21. Give an account of the Salem Witchcraft delusion '•' 



LESSON XX. 
Review of First Period. 

1. To what colonj' did Maine belong ? 

2. Mention De Soto's most notable discovery within the present 

limits of the United States; the present states traversed ? 

3. To which colonies did each of the following persons respec- 

tively belong: (a) Miles Standish; (b) Roger Williams; ^c) 
John Smith; (d) Wouter Van Twiller ? 

4. Where and when did the Puritans first settle in America ? 

5. To what nation were the Algonquin's friendly; with whom 

were the Iroquois in treaty of friendship ? 

6. Who was Virginia Dare ? 

7. What were the 'Blue Laws;' in which colony were they 

observed ? 

8. What was really the beginning of the American Navy ? 

9. When did postal service begin in the colonies ? 

10. How many public libraries, outside of colleges, were there 

in the English-American colonies previous to the Revolu- 
tion ? 

11. Was New Netherland a slave-holding colony ? 

12. In which colony was the first printing-press set up; when; 

name the first literary work issued by it ? 

13. When was slavery introduced into this country; by wTiich 

colony ? 

14. From what other colony did the first English settlers of 

(a) Rhode Island come; (b) of Connecticut; (c) of North 
Carolina ? 

15. Mention in order of time the first exploration of the Hudson; 

the St. Lawrence; the Upper Mississippi ? 

16. Who first explored the lower Mississippi '? 

17. By what nation was the Champlain valley first occupied; 

mention a fort built to defend that valle}' ? 

18. Before landing at Plymouth, how did the Pilgrims provide 

for the government of their colony ? 



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19. From what country other than England, did they get many 

of their ideas of government '? 

20. What led to the founding of Rhode Island ? 

21. Compare the rank of Spain, in wealth and power, among thP 

nations of Europe, in 1493, with its present rating ? 



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SECOND PERIOD. 



LESSON XXI. 
King William's War, 1689-1697. 

1. Why were the colonial wars — previous to the French and 

Indian— known respectively as King Williams, Queen 
Anne's or King George's war ? 

2. Why were England and France then at war (in 1d89) ? 

3. What claims were made by the French, as to territor}-; what 

measures did they take to defend their rights ? 

4. Except in one locality, the French claims were entirely 

over-lapped by those of the English and Dutch colonists. 
.Name the undisputed tract '■* 

5. What interest had the Indians in wars between European 

nations ? 

6. The hatred of the Iroquois was aroused against the French 

eighty years before King William's war; tell briefly the 
circumstances. 

7. At the beginning of this war, who instigated the eastern 

Indians to harry the English ? 

8. By what influence were the western Indians made allies of 

the French ? 

9. The attack upon Dover was in revenge for a treacherous 

deed perpetrated thirteen years before: give an account; 
in which Indian war did it occur '? 

10. Who was Governor of Canada at the time of King William's 

war; name a settlement in New York which was sur- 
prised and massacred by the first war-party sent out by 
that governor ? 

11. Mention a .settlement in Maine which suffered from one of 

these war-parties ? 

12. What important capture was made by the troops ccmmand- 

ded by Sir William Phipps ? 

13. How were the entire expenses of the expedition paid ? 

14. What was the result of the expedition to Montreal, made by 

the New York and New England forces ? 



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15. How did Massachusetts pay the cost of Sir William Phipps' 

unsuccessful attempt upon Quebec ? 

16. Did the colonists gain anything by this war ? 

17. When did the war close; by what treaty; name the tei'ms of 

the treaty ? 

18. Upon the death of King William in 1702, Parliament settled 

the crown upon Anne; give the reason '? 

19. Soon after the accession of Anne, England declared war 

against France; what was the war called in America; 
when did' it begin ? 

20. What treaty had the Five Nations made with the French in 

1701 ? 



LESSON XXII. 
Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713. 

1. What Indian m.assacres occiirred in Queen Anne's war ? 
8. What important capture was made in this war, by the com- 
bined colonial and English troops ? 

3. To what was the name changed; what name was given to 

Acadia, when it was annexed to England '? 

4. How did the attempt to take Montreal and Quebec result in 

Queen Anne's w-ar ? 

5. When was the treaty of peace made; where ? 

6. What had been gained by this second war ? 

7. What had occupied the southern colonists diiring this period? 

8. What religious creeds separated the English from the 

French ? 

9. Name the first permanent conquest won by the English 

from the French '? 

King George's War, 1745-1748. 

10. Why were the Indians less prominent in King George's war 

than in the two preceding ones ? 

11. After the treaty of Utrecht, what fortress, called the Gib- 

ralter of America, was built by the French ? 

12. What victory \A'as won by the colonists, under command of 

William Pepperell of Maine V 



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13. Where was the treaty made, at the close of the uar; name 

its terms ? 

14. Mention the only benefit received by the colonists, in return 

for the costly .strug-fi-lc. 

15. Had the French settlements increased during the Colonial 

wars ? 

16. About how many forts had the French, in the chain from 

Niagara to New Orleans ? 

17. When and b}' whom was New Orleans founded ".' 

18. Explain how the French and Indian uar differed from the 

thi-ee preceeding ones, so far as the cause was concerned. 

19. When did the war begin; what colony took the lead in op- 

posing French occupation ? 

20. What terriLorj' was now definitely claimed by the French ? 



LESSON XXIII. 
French and Indian Wau, 1754-1763. 

1. Why did Governor Dinwiddle send George Washington to 

the French on the Ohio ? 

2. What reply was made by the French commander V 

3. While Virginia was raising troops what fort had been com- 

pleted by the French ? 

4. Who was in command of the Virginians; where was the 

battle fought; the result V 

5. What was the cause of Braddocks defeat ? 

6 Give an account of the expulsion of the Acadians ? 

7. What succe.ss was gained by the English in the battle of 

Lake George; what fort was built there ? 

8. When did Montcalm capture the fort at Oswego; how did he 

secure the neutrality of the Iroquois V 
'J. What fort was captured by Montcalm in 1757; give an ac- 
count of the massacre which followed the surrender of the 
fort ? 

10. By what French commander was General Abercrombie de- 

feated at Ticonderoga ? 

11. When was Louisburg taken ? 

13. Give an account of the siege of Quebec ? 

13. Which two years decided the war ? _^ 



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14. Where was the treaty made; when '? 

15. What did the treaty of Paris cede to England ? 

16. What part of this country was given to Spain; why did 

France yield territory to Spain ? 

17. Did the Spaniards at once install themselves in Louisiana ? 

18. What had been the causes of the French defeat in the New 

World ? 

19. Mention some of the benefits gained by the colonists ? 

20. While the colonies were engaged in fighting the common foe, 

thej'' were united; did this unity continue after the close of 
the war ? 



LESSON XXIV. 
Review of Second Period. 

1. When was the first paper money issued in America; by what 

colony; for what purpose ? 

2. Give the names of the five nations constituting the Iroquois 

Confederacy; when were they joined by the sixth; give the 
name of the last tribe '? 

3. With what historical event is each of the following names 

associated: Montcalm; Hraddock; Sir William Phipps ? 

4. Mention localities, other than Manhattan Island, or the 

Hudson Valley, to which the early Dutch settlers went ? 

5. Why were the English unsuccessful in the first half of the 

French and Indian war ? 

6. Had any of the colonies regular troops, aside from the Eng- 

lish forces ? 

7. Were the French forts given up in accordance with the terms 

of the treaty ? 

8. By whom was Fort Duquesne captured; to what was the 

name changed; what is the city, now occupying the site of 
the fort, now called ? 

9. What French Governor temporarily broke the power of the 

Iroquois, during King Williams war ? 

10. Mention the first permanent settlement of the French; in 

which war was it permanently gained by the English ? 

11. During which war was Schenectady destroyed by the 

Indians ? 
13. Upon which colonies did the burden of the French wars fall ? 



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13. What river gave to the French, connection with the Great 

Lakes and the Ohio; in wliat war was this most important; 
what commercial importance attached to its possession ? 

14. What nation struggled with France for possession of the 

territory about the mouth of the Mississippi ? 

15. Wliat nation disputed French right to the liead-waters of 

the river ? 

16. By what treaty did France relinquish all claim to the Missis- 

sippi valley; at the close of what war ? 

17. Name the principle strongholds of the French during the 

French and Indian war ? 

18. The ti-eaty of Utrecht decided that France and iSpain must 

not combine in one kingdom: how did that effect the des- 
tiny of the Englisli-American colonies ? 

19. Were tlie expenses of the colonial troops paid bj- the colonies? 

20. How did the cost of the French and Indian war help to 

bring about the Revolutionary war ? 



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THIRD PERIOD. 



LESSON XXV. 

Events Leading to the Revolutionary Wae. 

1. At the close of the French and Indian war, what marked the 

boundary of the colonial possessions: on the north; the 
south; the east; the west '? 

2. Were there any inhabitants west of the Alleghenies ? 

3. The eleven federal censuses show that the latitude of Balti- 

more has always been close to the center of population: 
What is that latitude ? 

4. Who was the leader in the Indian war which soon followed 

the close of the French war; give the cause of this one ? 

5. What purpose had the Indians; what places were attacked; 

name the tribes engaged ? 

6. Which tribe of the Iroquois was concerned in this; who re- 

strained the other five tribes ? 

7. What was the fate of Pontiac V 

8. To what Board was intrusted the execution of the Naviga- 

tion Acts ? 

9. For what purpose were Writs of Assistance issued ? 

10. What was the Stamp Act; for what specific purpose was the 

tax laid ? 

11. Mention two reasons why the Colonists opposed the law ? 
13. Did the stamps vary in value; how did they differ from the 

revenue stamps of to-day ? 

13. Was the act ever enforced; how many colonies resisted it ? 

14. What led England to repeal the tax; inasmuch as Parliament, 

at the same time, reasserted its power of taxation, why 
did the Colonists rejoice ? 

15. What was the Mutiny Act ? 

16. At the battle of Golden Hill, New York city, which occurred 

January, 1770, was the first bloodshed between soldiers 
and citizens; what act of the soldiers' brought on the 
conflict ? 

17. Because of results, the Boston Massacre has occupied a more 

prominent place in history: how much later, in point of 
time, was the Massacre than the affair on Golden Hill ? 



32 MANUAL OF UXITED STATES HISTORF. 

18. What was the Importation Act ? 

19. What industrj' of New England was injured by this legis- 

lation ? 

20. What manufactures were specially forbidden ? 



LESSON XXVI. 
The Revolutionakv War. 

1. Give an account of the Boston Tea Party. 

2. How were the tea-ships consigned to New York and Phila. 

delphia received ? 

3. What was the Boston Port Bill ? 

4. Relate the action taken by the first Continental Congress 

concerning: (a) Massachusetts; (/)) the King ? 

5. How many soldiers were sent to America in 177.5 ? 

6. What act of General Gage's incensed and alarmed the Mas- 

sachusetts men ? 

7. What measures were taken to meet force with force ? 

8. Whj' were these troops called Minute Men ? 

9. Give an account of what occurred at Lexington ? 

10. Did the British destroy the stores collected at Concord ? 

11. How many lives were lost; were the colonists disheartened ? 

12. What action was taken by the men of New York; of North 

Carolina; of Baltimore ? 

13. What other famous event took place in 1775; by what 

authority ? 

14. Benedict Arnold had suggested this capture, and received a 

Colonels commission from the Massachusetts Congress: 
Did the Green Mountain Boys accept him as leader; if not 
in what capacity did he serve '.' 

15. When did the Continental Congress appoint Washington 

Commander-in-chief of the Continental Armj' ?■- 

16. Where did the Continental Congress assemble in 177.5 ? 

17. What Massachusetts member of Congress suggested the ap- 

pointment of Washington as Commander-in-chief, name 
another member from that state who ardently desi^-ed 
that position ? 

18. What battle had been fought before Washington reached the 

army; what distinguished officer was Killed there '? 

19. Why was the battle virtually an American victory ? 



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29. Give facts to prove that it was so regarded by the British 

ministry ? 
21. How were the British foi'ces, for this country, recruited; 

was the hiring of these troops approved by Parliament '? 



LESSON XXVII. 
The Revolutionary War. 

1. By what names were people who favored the King, kno^X'n ? 

2. Were the inhabitants of any colony unanimously in favor of 

rebellion '? 

3. Had the King authority in any colony in 1775; what had be- 

come of the royal governors ? 

4. Who was known as the Father of the Revolution ? 

5. Had the Continential Congress really any authority to gov- 

ern the colonies ? 

6. Who were the Hessians ? 

7. What expedition was ordered in 1775; what leader was 

killed ? 

8. Why was it difficult for Congress to collect money at home^ 

or to borrow it abroad ? 

9. What noted tinancier managed aft'airs for the colonists, 

using his personal credit to support the public credit ? 

10. Name some distinguished Americans who served as minis. 

ters to foreign nations during the Revolution ? 

11. When and where did the second Continental Congress meet ? 

12. Near what city did most of the fighting in 1775 occur ? 

13. What was the object of the Americans in the campaign of 

1776; around what city was the warfare largely waged 
that year ? 

14. How far into the interior of Massachusetts did the English 

ti'oops penetrate; when did they permanently withdraw 
from that colony ? 

15. When did the British evacuate Boston; for what place did 

they sail; what became of the Loyalists of Boston ? 

16. What military supplies were left in Boston by the British '? 

17. Who offered the resolution declaring the English-American 

Colonies to be Free and Independent States ? 

18. By whom was this seconded ? 



34 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTOIIT. 

19. Name four important military events which preceded the 

Declaration of Independence ? 

20. Why did New York so long- hesitate to commit herself to 

a declaration of independence ? 



LESSON XXVIII. 
The Rkvoll'tionary War. 

1. Name the members of the committee appointed to frame the 

Declaration. 

2. Why was Jefferson chosen to write the document: when 

was it adopted ? 

3. Was the vote on the acceptance of the Declaration signed by 

all the members; was the vote by individuals or by colo- 
nies ? 

4. What were people who favored the independence of the 

colonies, called V 

5. Were the military operations immediately following the 

Declaration favorable to the American cause ? (Jive ex- 
amples in proof. 

6. When was it formally adopted by New York: how did the 

soldiers there celebi-ate the occasion ? 

7. What was the British purpose in concentrating their forces 

upon New York ? 

8. What Tory influence in the Mohawk valley was used against 

the patriots ? 

9. Why was the Tory element strong in New York city ? 

10. When did the battle of Long Island occur; what brilliant 

matKBUvre was executed b3' Washington ? 

11. When did General Howe take possession of New York; how 

long did the British keep possession of the city ? 

12. Describe the capture of Fort Washington ? 

13. Give a brief account of the battle of Trenton ? 

14. Mention the most important battles of 1777 ? 

1.5. What British defeat, in 1777, gave the French alliance to the 
Americans V Who commanded the French troops; the 
French fleet '? When was the treaty made with the French ? 

16 What other important events mark 1778 ? 

17 Mention an American victory on land; a brilliant naval suc- 

cess; an American defeat in 1779 ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES BISTORT. 35 

IS. Give a brief account of a British victory in the south, in 

19. Name ihe feasonfe which led to Arnold's treason; in what year 

did It occur; what was the fate of Andre V 

20. What were the principal events of 1781 previous to the sur- 

render at Vorktown: describe the final battle of the Revo- 
lution ? 
.21. When was the treaty made ".' 



LESSON XXIX. 

Framing and Adoption of the Constitution. 

1. What kind of money was issued by the Continental Congress 

during the Revolution; why did it depreciate in value ? 

2. Give an account of Shay's rebellion; why flid the govern- 

ment permit it Lo go so long unquelleci ? 

3. Name the most infamous ' British prison-ship; where sta- 

tioned; how were the American prisoners of war treated ? 

4. In what year did the delegates, appointed lo remodel the 

Articles of Confederation, meet; where; were all the 
States represented '? 

5. What decision was reached by the Convention ? 

6. When was the new Constitution adopted by Congress ? 

7. How many States were required to ratifj' the Constitution to 

insure its adoption ? 

8. By which party was it favored ? 

9. What was tlie question at issue between the parties ? 

10. Name the party that objected to ceding too great power 

to the general government ? 

11. Later, what were the Anti-Federalists called; and by wliat 

name are thej^ now known ? 

12. Upon what is the representation in tlie Lower House of Con- 

gress based ? 

13. What decides it in the Upper House, or Senate ? 

14. Where was Congress in session when it adopted the Consti- 

tution ? 
;15. When six States Conventions had ratified the Constitution 
there was a lull: what series of publications were issued- 
in the interest of ratification ? 



36 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

10. Name tlie three stalesmen hy whom these papers were writ- 
ten ? 

17. Which was the ninth — an<.l necessary — State \o ratify ? 

18. Name two States which did not coine into tlie I'liion until 

after the election of Washing-ton '.' 

19. Which was trie last State to ratify; how was she treated by 

that time V 

20. It was ordered by Congress, that upon a certain day all State 

Legislatures should choose electors; upon another day. 
electors should vote; and upon a third day the inaugura- 
tion would occur. Give months and days ? 



LESSON XXX. 
Review of Third Period, 

1. Who were the "Redemptioners;" from what country, chief- 
ly, did they come ? ^ 

3. Owing to their previous military training, for what branch 
of the armj' did Wasliington find them fitted ? 

3. What did the American army number when Washington took 

command; what was its condition as to equipment ? 

4. What chiim was made by the colonists, in regard to taxation 

by the British government ? 

5. Give, in order of time, the following battles of the Revolu- 

tion, and the commanders on each side: Camden; Prince- 
ton; Saratoga. 

6. How many important battles were fought in New Jersey 

during the Revolution V 

7. To what class of colonial governments did the following be- 

long, at the beginning of the Revolution: Pennsylvania: 
Virginia; Rhode Island ? 

8. Name the last battle of the Revolutionary war; in what 

State was it fought; what part of the State ? 

9. New York was one of the last States to adopt the constitu- 

tion: vyhat political leaders of the State favored the 
adoption; why did the citizens hesitate to join the Union ? 

10. What was the object of Burgoynes expedition; what other 

commands were to join him ? # 

11. At what battle was St. Leger defeated ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 37 

12. What impoi'tant event took place in New York city in 1789 ? 

13. What battle was foug-ht while the English troops were with- 

drawing- from Philadelphia to New York '? 

14. In what part of Long- Island was the battle of that name 

fought ? 

15. Previous to the adoption of the present Constitution what 

was the form of government in this country ? 

16. What four States ceded to the United States government the 

tract known as The Northwest Territory ? 

17. Ky the Quebec Act of 1774, how had George III made 

Canada overlap the- territorial claims of these States ? 

18. By that Act, how far southward did the boundary of Canada 

extend; was this law ever enforced ? 



LESSON XX XL 
Review of Thikd Period. 

1. Name three places to which Washington retreated — after 

the defeat of Long Island — before he retired into New 
Jersey ? 

2. How many weeks was he in New Jersey before he crossed 

into Pennsj'lvania ? 

3. The purpose of the retreat southward was to defend what 

city ? 

4. From what sources did the Americans obtain arms and am- 

munition ? 

5. By what battle did the British gain possession of Philadel-. 

phi a ■? 

6. Give the name of the county in which Cherry Vallej^ is lo- 

cated; what event occurred there in 1778 ? 

7. What parts of New Y'ork State were over-run by armies dur- 

ing the Revolution ? 

8. During the years that elapsed between the Declaration of 

Independence and the inauguration of the first President, 
what civil powers had exercised any of the duties now de- 
volving upon the President '? 

9. Name four commanding- ofticers of the British, and four of 

the American forces, in the Revolution '? 
10. Why did the British government begin the Revolutionary 
war in Massachusetts ? 



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11. Why were the main efforts of the British directed toward 

the conquest of New York; what later militarj' operation 
had the same object ? 

12. VVh}' is December. 1776, known as the 'critical period"' in 

our historj- ? 

13. Why did the expedition under Sullivan ravage the terriiorj- 

of tlie Six Nations ? In what year ? 

14. Name two massacres by the Indians and Tories, committed 

in 1778; were some of the Tories as barbarous as savages ? 

1.5. When did the British secure possession of New York cit}': 
when did they evacuate the place; why '' 

10. Wiiat northern State was most over-run by both armies dur- 
ing the Revolution: mention facts to prove your a.ssertionV 

17. What was the Conway Cabal '.' 

18. In what battle was British power in the south finally lost ? 

19. To what body did Washington resign his Commission ? 

20. Did the Americans surrender an entire army to the British? 



LESSON XXXII 
Rkvikw of Thihi) Period. 

1. How was Arnolds plot to betray West Point discovered ? 

2. Give the names of Andres captors ? 

3. Had Congress really treated Arnold unjustly in the matter 

of promotion ? 

4. Account for the fact that New York liad no part in either 

the adoption of the Constitution, or in the first election of 
Washington ? 

5. Name the British Commander at the battle of Long Island: 

what position was gained as the result of the Britisli 
victory ? 

6. From the dreadful winter at Valley Forge, why did the 

army come forth better trained and organized than ever 
before; to what foreign officer was this due ? 

7. As a result of this training, the storming of Stony Point is 

one of the most brilliant bayonet charges known to hi-s- 
tory. (live an account of the capture of the fort. 

8. What was the plan of Biirgo^-nes campaign; where was he 

to meet St. Leger; General Howe ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 39 

9. Why did Burgoyne send a detachment of his army over to 
Benning-ton; what was the result ? 

10. How was St. Leger kept from joining- Burgoyne ? 

11. Describe the battle of Oriskamy; what officer hoisted the 

first flag with stars and stripes that was ever raised; over 
what fort was it displayed ? 

12. What General really won the battle of Saratoga; to whom 

was the credit given ? 

13. By whom was General Gates superseded after the battle of 

Camden ? 

14. What was the position of PaulJones in the American navy; 

describe his most famous exploit ? 

15. When were the Confederate States first called the United 

States '? 

16. Why was the battle of Princeton most important in its ef- 

fect upon the country '? 

17. Name the greatest service rendered to the American cause 

by Benjamin Franklin ? 

18. Some faiDous foreigners assisted the Americans during the 

Revolution: to what country did each of the following be- 
long; Steuben; DeKalb; Pulaski; Kosciusko '? 

19. What was done with the array which surrendered at Sara- 

toga ? 

20. Mention two battles in which Washington suffered defeat ? 

21. During his military career, did Washington ever receive 

personal injury ? 



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FOURTFI PERIOD. 



LESSON XX XIII. 
Georgk Washington, 1789-1797. 

1. What city was the national capital during Washington's 
term of office; when was it removed permanently to Wash- 
ton, D. C. 

3. Give the date of the first presidential inauguration; how 
many departments were represented in Washington's 
cabinet ? 

3. Upon wiiat official did the cliief labor of the administration 

fall ? 

4. Under the Constitution tlie United States assumed all debts 

domestic, foreign, and State; how was revenue raised ? 

5. When and wliere was a mint established V 

6. Who proposed the establishment of a United States Bank ? 

7. When wms it autliorized by Congress; give the date of the ex- 

piration of its charter ? 

8. How many amendments to the Constitution were adopted 

during U'ashington's first term ? 

9. Wliat religious sect petitioned Congress for the abolition of 

slavery ? 
10 How did Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin perpetu- 
ate slavery ? 

11. What trouble was occasioned by CJenet, the representative 

of the French Republic ? 

12. Wliat Indian war occurred during \\'asliington's .second term; 

by what General were the Indians defeated; name a west- 
ern city whicli commemorates liis name '.' 

13. Give an account of the \Vhi.sl<ey llebi'llion V 

14. Name the tliree countries witla which the United States made 

treaties during this administration ? 
l."i. By what name were the Anti-Federalists known in Washing" 
ton's second term ? 

16. Who planned the streets and parks of the city of Washington? 

17. What celebrated American died during this administration ? 



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IS. By whom were the western Territories settled ? 

19. What famous document was written by Washington at the 

close of his term ? 

20. In what regard is Washington's character held bj- foreign 

statesmen ? 

21. Name the candidates, and give the result of the third Presi- 

dential election ? 



LESSON XXXIV. 
JOHN Adams. 1797-1801. 

1. By what majority was Adams elected ? 

2. What public offices had he previously held ? 

3. To what position did he appoint General Washington, in 

1798 ? 

4. What State paper had John Adams advocated, helped to 

frame, and signed ? 

5. What officer was added to the Cabinet in this administration '? 

6. When was the eleventh amendment adopted '? 

7. With what foreign power was President Adams in contro- 

versy throughout his administration ? 

S. What was the French Directory; by whom was it over- 
thrown ? 

9. Give the date of Washington's death ? 

10. Who was called the "Father of the American Navy" ? 

11. What power was conferred upon the President by the Alien 

Act; was that law ever invoked by Adams ? 

12. Name the provisions of the Sedition Act. 

13. In the closing hour of Adams' term, to what position did he 

appoint John Marshall; for how many years was the office 
held by Marshall ? 

14. Who was elected President in 1800; where and when did the 

inauguration occur ? 

Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809. 

1.5. How did Jefferson's election differ from preceding ones; 
name the most important event of his administration '? 

16. From whom ^vas Louisiana purchased; what extent of terri- 
tory did it include; what price was paid for it ? 



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1^. (Jive the cause and the result of the Tripolitan war. Relate 
briefly the exploit of Lieutenant Stephen Decatur in the 
harbor of Tripoli. 

I'.i. When was the United States Military Academy established 
at West Toint ? 

20. Recite the circumstances of the Burr- Hamilton duel. 

21. What famous e.xpedition was made in 1804; its purpose '? 

22. England and France were at war in 1806: for what purpose 

were the British Orders in Council, and the retalia'ory 
Berlin Decree of Napoleon, i.ssued ? 

23. What outrag'es upon American seamen were committed by 

England in 1807: give the sub.stanee of the proclamation 
issued bj'^ the President ? 

24. How did the second British Orders in Council, and the Milan 

Djcree of Napoleon aflfect, neutral nations ? 
2.5. What action was taken b\' Congress: what was tlie effect 

upon our commerce ? 
26. Give the name of Robert Fultons steamboat: in what year 

was it sailed from New York to Albany; in how many 

hours was the trip made ? 



LESSON XXXV. 

Ja.mes Madison, 18o;t-18i7. 

1. What part had Madison taken in securing the ratification of 

the Constitution '^ 

2. To which political party did he belong ? 

3. De.scribe the Indian uprising instigated by Tecumseh and 

his brother the Prophet; when did it occur ? 

4. By what General were the Indians utterly defeated: at what 

place; give the name by which the General u as afterwards 
known V 

5. Upon what subject was the President ;»t variance with the 

British government ? 
«■>. When and where did the United States frigate President 
encounter the British sloop-of-war. Little Belt: give the 
result of the engagement ? 
17. Name the two Americans %vho signed the treaty- on the part 
of the United States; give two reasons why Napoleon 
parted with this vast domain. 



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7. When was war declared ag-ainst Great Britain; in what part 

of the country did most of the battles occur ? 

8. Which gained the greater fame in this war, the land, or the 

naval forces '? 

9. What General led the invasion of Canada in 1813; did the 

American ai-my win a victory during that 3'ear; did the 
Americans lose a naval battle in the first year of the war ? 

10. Give briefly an account of the engagement between the Con- 

stitution and Guerriere; between the Wasp and the Frolic. 

11. In what year was the battle fought between the Chesapeake 

and the Shannon; give the result ? 
13. What famous victory was won by Captain Perry in 1813; off 
the site of what present city in Ohio did the battle take 
place ■? 

13. What military victory soon followed ? 

14. Give an account of (Jeneral Jackson's campaign against the 

Creeks '? 

15. Describe briefly tiie important points in the campaign on the 

Niagara frontier; battle of Chippewa; battle of Port Erie; 
of Lundy's Lane. 

16. What Philadelphian financed this war; name a banker of 

that city who had done like service during the Revolu- 
tionary war ? 

17. In what year did the Hritish burn the Capitol at Washington ? 

18. Locate Fort Mcllenry; by whom was the "Star-Spangled 

Banner" written during the bombardment of that fort ? 

19. For what purpo.se was the Hartford convention assembled ? 

30. When and where was the Treaty of Peace signed; what bat- 

tle was fought after peace was declared ? 

31. What question was settled by this war; was it decided by 

treaty or by American seamen ? 



LESSON XXXVL 
James Monroe, 1817-1835. 

1. Who succeeded Madison ? 

2. Why was Monroe's administration known as the "era of 

good feeling ?"' 

3. Who led the expedition against the Seminoles in 1817; what 

complication with Spain arose from this war; what treaty 
was made ? 



44 MANUAL OF TTNITED STATES TITSTORY. 

4. Namt? the leading- political contest of Monroe's administra- 

tion ? 

5. In a compromise each party must yield something: what was 

conceded by the Free States; what b^' the Slave States ? 

6. To what statesman is credit largely due for the passage of 

this measure ? 

7. What national office had the great pacificator held; to what 

part}' did he belong ? 

8. What is the principle known as the Monroe Doctrine; has it 

ever been made a law V 
9 Mention an important fact connected with Monroes second 
election. 

10. What political party was organized during his second term ? 

11. By what name was the party, now known as the Republi- 

can, formerly called ? 
13. What distinguished foreigner visited America in 1824; how 
long did he remain as the guest of the nation '.' 

13. What was the party policy of the Whigs ? 

14. Who was Monroes successor; how was the choice made ? 

John Quincv Adams, 182.5-1829. 

15. What wei'e the political issues during this administration ? 

16. What public ceremony was performed by treneral LaFayette 

in 1825; who was the orator of the occasion ? 

17. Give an account of an important event which occurred in 

New York, October, 1825; who %vas then (iovernor of New 
York ? 

18. Name two distinguished Americans who died on July 4th, 

182t) V 

19. Why was the South oppo.sed to the tariff measure of 1828 ? 

20. Why did New England favor the bill V 



LESSON XXXVIl. 
Andukw Jackson, John C. Cai.houn, is2'.t-1837. 

1. Was Jackson experienced in civil affairs when he came into 

power ? 

2. What is meant by rotation in office: how long did that sys 

tem continue ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 45 

3. Name the two important political issues of this administra- 

tion ? 

4. What officer was added to the cabinet ".' 

5. Between what senators was a famous debate on the Consti- 

tution held ? 

6. In the interest of what cause was William Lloyd Garrison's 

paper, The Liberator, published '? 

7. Give the provisions of the Tariff Bill of lH:i2. 

8. What statesman had charge of that bill; how did it diffi-r 

from the one of 1828 ? 

9. What is tke meanino- of •'Nullification?" Who wastlie lead- 

er of the State's Rights party; what measures were talcen 
by the President to keep South Carolina in the Union ? 

10. How did the President regard the United States Bank ? 

11. Name the members of .Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet;"' ivhy 

were they so called ? 

12. Give an account of the Black Hawk war ? 

13. After the President had vetoed the bill to re-charter the 

United States Bank, what was done with the national 
deposits ? 

14. What was the financial effect of this measure ? 

l.'). Mention an important agricultural implement which was 
patented in 1834. 

16. In whose administration did the trouble with the Creek Indi- 

ans begin; to what place were they removed during Jack- 
son's term ? 

17. Give an account of the second Seminole war; who was Presi- 

dent wlien the first war occurred; by what General were 
they conquered in 1818 ? 

18. How many bills were passed over Jackson's veto ? 

19. By what name was the President popularly known ? 

20. What was the issue in the campaign of 1830 ? 

21. Who was elected to succeed Jackson; did this signify the 

continuance of Jackson's policy ? 



LESSON XXXVIII. 
Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841. 

1. Name the causes which combined to bring about the panic 

of 1837 ? 
3, Who suggested the sub-treasury system; for how many 

years did Congress refuse to adopt it ? 



46 MAfirUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

3. How were curi-ent expenses met duriny the first year of 

VanBurens term ? 

4. What measures were taken by Congress to relieve the strin- 

g-ency '.' 

5. What overtures were made to the United States (Jovernnient 

by Texas ? 
♦). What was the so-called Patriot war ? 

7. Mention an important invention patented in 1837. 

8. Give an account of the mobbing of Lovejoy at Alton, Illi- 

nois. 

9. What famous orator was brought to the front as an anti- 

slavery leader, by Lovejoy's martyrdom ? 

10. In what year was the sub-treasury plan adopted; is it in 

force at the present time ? 

11. To what circumstances was the failure of VanBurens ad- 

ministration due ? 

12. By whom was he succeeded ? 

William Henky Hakriso.n, John Tyler, 1841-1845. 

13. Give the date of Harrison's inauguration; of his death. 

14. Name, his Secretary of State. 

15. When did Tyler take the oath of office ? 

16. What change took place in Tyler's political affiliations when 

he became President ? 

17. How many bills for i-e-chartering the National Bank were 

vetoed by him ? 

18. What is Tyler's record as to his use of the veto power ? 

19. How was he regarded by the Whig party '? 
80. What was the Webster- Ash burton treaty ? 

21. Give the cause and the result of Dorr's rebellion ? 

22. In what year was the electric telegraph perfected; for what 

public purpose was it first used ? 

23. Who are the Mormons; where was their first settlement; 

their permanent one ? 

24. What Republic applied for annexation to the United States 

in 1844 •? 

2.T. Under whose leadership had the Texans gained their inde- 
pendence; by what battle ".'' 

26. With what nation was a treaty of "peace, amity and com- 
merce" made in 1844 ? 



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LESSON XXXIX. 
James K. Polk, 1845-1849. 

1. Name the candidates nominated to succeed President Tyler 

by the Whigs; the Democrats; the Liberty party. 

2. What was the issfle of the campaign; give the result of the 

election. 

3. Name the important event of Polk's administration. 

4. When was General Taylor sent, with a body of troops, to 

watch the Mexicans ? 

5. How was the burden of beginning the war thrown upon 

Mexico; what declaration was made by the United States? 

6. When did Mexico declare war ? 

7. Name three battles won by General Taylor in 1846 ? 

8. How man\- troops had General Taylor at the battle of Buena 

Vista; how many had Santa Anna; give the re.sult ? 

9. Did General Taylor take any part in the Mexican war after 

the battle of Buena V^ista; mention two other wars in 
which he had served ? 

10. In what year did General Kearny capture Santa Fe' ? 

11. What combined forces secured possession of California; name 

the American leaders 

12. After the Mexicans wei-e defeated, to what office was Captain 

Fremont elected by the American settlers of California ? 

13. Give a bi-ief summary of General Kearny"s action in regard 

to the governor.ship. 

14. How many days did Scott's .siege of Vera Cruz continue; 

compare the Mexican and the American losses ? 

15. Describe the battle of Cerro Gordo Pass, and give the result ? 

16. Having entered the fortified city of Puebla \n May, how long 

did General Scott's army rest there ? 

17. What places were taken by the American troops on August 

20, 1847 ? 

18. Name the last stronghold, outside the walls of the capital, 

conquered bj' the Americans. 

19. Did Santa Anna and his troops defend the city; when did Gen- 

eral Scott enter it and proclaim the conquest of Mexico ? 

20. When and where was the treaty of peace signed; what were 

its terms ? 

21. What was the boundary between Texas and Mexico ? 
23. When was gold discovered in California ? 

23. What was the immediate effect of this discovery ? 



48 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

LESSON X L. 
Review of Fourth Pekiod. 

1. How did the United States government £ome into possession 

of the Northwest Territory ? 

2. Give the important points of the "Ordinance of the North- 

west Territory"" enacted by Congress ? 

3. What State led in ceding her claim to land, that the North- 

west Territory might be created '? 

4. During whose administration did the first great financial 

panic occur ? 

5. In 1810 the national debt was about S50, 000,000: in 1815 

nearly $100,000,000: give the reason for the increase. 

6. Give an account of Burr"s life after his duel with Hamilton. 

7. In what State did the Whiskej^ Rebellion occur: when: who 

had advised the tax on spirits ? 

8. What purchase gave to the United States entire control of 

the Mississippi river ? 
'.1. When was the Navy Department established ? 

10. Name the American Captain who hoisted a flag bearing the 

sentence "Don't give up the ship,"" as the signal to his 
fleet to go into action. 

11. Quote the first clause of the message notifying General Har- 

rison of the victory. 

12. Where w^as (Jeneral Harrison encamped with his army at 

that time '? 

13. How many Constitutional Conventions hasthe United States 

had ? 

14. Why was John Jay sent to England in 1794, on a special 

mission ? 
l.T. How was the treaty, made by Jay, received by Congress: by 

the Democrats ? 
](). Name four famous American .statesmen from the time ot" llie 

adoption of tlie Constitution to the Compromise of 1 S,"»(). 
IT Name a member of the Constitutional Convention of ITS? 

fi-om (d) Virginia; (/>) New York; (c) Penn.sylvunia: {<}) 

Massachusetts. 

18. What President introduced the Spoils System ? 

19. In whose administration was the Louisiana Purchase made ? 

20. How did the United States acquire Florida ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 49 

21. What was the principle of the Sub-Treasury bill ? 

22. Which President signed the bill admitting Texas to the 

Union; how long- before the expiration of his term ? 
2 ! la what year vvas Aaron Burr tried for treason ? 
:.'4. tiow did the United States acquire Missouri; California ? 

25. Article I. Section 8. Clause 18, is known as the "elastic 

clause'" of the Constitution; why ? 

26. Name two ex-Presidents who died in 1848. 

27. For what special service, rendered during his long term in 

Congress, is John Quincy Adams remembered ? 



LESSON XLI. 
Review of Fourth Period. 

1. In 1790, Massachusetts. Pennsylvania, and Virginia had each 

greater population than New York: mention a prominent 
factor in the advancement of New Yoi-k to the first rank 
in population. 

2. Name three famous naval Commanders in the war of 1812. 

3. The Embargo Act vvas passed to secure certain rights to 

Americans: by what war were these secured ? 

4. State something of historic interest as to John Hancock; 

Stephen Girard; Albert Gallatin ? 

5. How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery ? 

6. Mention two Generals who became Presidents of the United 

States: name a victory won by each ? 

7. What State, in 1833, undertook to carry the doctrine of 

State's Rights into practical effect ? 

8. Give an account of the tariff bill which occasioned the at- 

tempt to secede ? 

9. How did President Jackson persuade South Carolina to re- 

main within the Union ? 
!0. Describe the manner of electing the President and Vice 

President previous to 1804 ? 
IL Why did the Embargo Act affect New York more than other 

States; what industry of New England was ruined by it ? 
1? For vi7hat is Samuel P. B. Morse famous; between what two 

cities was the line first completed; give the first public 

message ? 



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13. Mention ;iu important event of Monroes administration; of 

MadisonV; of John Adams'; of John Quiucy Adams' ? 

14. Name the administration in which the Postmaster General 

became a member of the Cabinet ? 

15. Who commanded the American fleet on Lake Champlain, in 

the war of 1812 ? 

16. In that war, were the engagements at sea usually between 

fleets or single vessels ? 

17. At the lime of the Mexican war what was General Scott's 

military rank ? 

18. Howes sewing- machine and the Hoe cylinder printing press 

were patented during the same administration. Give the 
dates. 

19. What was the Wilmot Proviso; did it become a law ? 

20. When was the United States Military Academy at West 

Point established; the Naval Academy at Annapolis ? 

21. What controversy was decided by the Webster-Ashburton 

treaty ? 

22. In who.se administration did the Patriot war occur ? 

23. What made New York the greatest sea-port in this country ? 

24. Who was the first President chosen by the House of Repre- 

sentatives ? 

25. When was the first petition for the abolition of slavery pre- 

sented to Congress; by what religious sect ? 

26. When was the first Fugitive Slave Law passed by Congress; 

how was it nullified by the free-labor States V 



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FIFTH PERIOD. 



LESSON XLII. 
Zachakv Taylok, Millaki) Fillmore, 1849-1853. 

, i. Name the Presidential candidates in 1848, of the Whigs; the 
Democrats; the Free Soil parties. 

2. When Webster declined the second place on the Whig ticket, 

to whom was it given ? 

3. Was General Taylor's nomination satisfactory to the Whig 

party leaders; what circumstance forced his candidacy ? 

4. How many Cabinet offices had been created since Washing- 

ton's term; which had been recently added when Taylor's 
term began '? 

5. What was the leading issue during this administration ? 

6. How long did General Taylor serve as President ? 

7. How was the slavery agitation intensified by the admission 

of California ? 

8. By whom was the Omnibus Bill framed; what is the signifi- 

cance of the name ? 

9. Name the provisions of the bill; when was it passed ? 

10. Which provision of it was strenuously opposed by the Free 

Soil party ? 

11. How was the Fug-itive Slave law evaded by free-labor States ? 
13. What action, iu regard to slavery, had California already 

taken when she applied for admission ? 

13. Explain why the Missouri Compromise did not settle the 

status of the Mexican cession and the Texan annexation. 

14. With what did the Bulwer-Clayton treaty deal ? 

15. What was the Underground Railroad ? 

16. What was the purpose of the Lopez expedition; give the re- 

sult, and the fate of the leader ? 

17. Name three famous men who died during this administration. 

18. For what purpose did Louis Kossuth visit America in 1852 ? 

19. Give an account of the Artie expedition sent out in search of 

Sir John Franklin. 



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20. In the campaigri of 1852 which parties adhered to the com- 

promise measures ? 

21. What position was taken by the Free Soil party ? 

22. Who was elected to succeed Fillmore ? 



LESSON XLIII. 
FUANKI.IX PiKRCK, 1853-1857. 

1. What opinons were held by President Pierce upon the slav- 

ery question ? 

2. What occasioned a dispute between United States and Mexi- 

co concerning boundaries ? 

3. By what i)urchase was the trouble averted; why was it named 

the (Jadsden Purchase; what price was paid for it '? 

4. Name tlie authors of the Ostend Manifesto. 

5. What island was referred to in that document ? 

6. What important treaty desired by President Fillmore was 

completed during tlie term of President Pierce ? 

7. By whom was it negotiated on the part of the United States ? 

8. By whom was the Kansas-Nebraska 15111- introduced; when 

did it become a law ? 
i». What previous act was virtually annulled by the passage of 
this bill '? 

10. Give the meaning of tlie term Squatter Sovereignty'. 

11 . What measures were tanen by both North and South to carry 

the election ? 
r^. What was the party formed b^- the union of the Whig and 
Free Soil parties, named ? 

13. Give an account of the civil war in Kansas ? 

14. Did either the Republicans or Democrats demand the aboli- 

tion of slavery ? 

15. What was the Lssue in the campaign of 185C ? 

10. Name the Presidential candidates; what was the attitude of 
each as to slavery '? 

17. Which candidate was popularly known as "The Pathfinder?" 

18. What Stall- was represented in the Senate by Charles Sumner; 

for what reason was he assaulted by Preston Bi-ooks ? 
19 Had the Know-Nothings ever before presented a candidate 

for the Presidency; give the significance of the name '? 
20. Who was elected to succeed President Pierce ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 53 

LESSON XLIV. 
James Buchanan, 1857-18(51. 

1. What positions had been held by Buchanan ? 

2. To what country was he United States Minister when he 

signed the Ostend Manifesto ? 

3. What famous decision of the Supreme Court was announced 

about the time of Buchanan's inauguration ? 

4. In the opinion of that Court was slavery a national or a lo- 

cal institution ? 

5. In the Kansas troubles were Buchanan's sympathies with 

the pro-slavery, or with the anti-slaverj' party ? 

6. Account for the financial panic of 1857; in whose adminis- 

trations had the two preceding panics occurred ? 

7. Name the candidates for the Illinois Senatorship, who held 

a series of joint debates in 1858 V 

8. Give an account of John Brown s raid; how was Brown's 

purpose eventually realized ? 

9. Who commanded the United States marines in the fight at 

Harpers Ferry ? 

10. Name the candidates nominated by (a) the Republican; (b) 

the regular Democratic; (e) the bolting Democratic; and 
(d) the Union parties in 1860. 

11. What views were held by each party concerning slavery ? 

12. In Buchanan's last annual message to Congress upon whom 

did he. place the blame of disunion, sliould that occur ? 

13. How many members of his Cabinet became actively engaged 

in the attempt to destroy the Union ? 

14. How many States had seceded before the inauguration of 

President Lincoln ? 

15. When was the Confederate government organized; name the 

President and Vice-President '.' 
IG. At what place was tlie temporary capital of the Confeder- 
acy; the permanent one ? 

17. Did Buclianan place any obstacles in the patli of the seced- 

ing States ■? 

18. When a State seceded did its representatives remain in Con- 

gress ? 

19. Was Congress ever left without a quorum ? 

20. Wliat fears were entertained regarding the safety of Presi- 

dent Lincoln ? 



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LESSON XLV. 
Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865. 

1. From what section were Lincoln's 180 electoral votes re- 

ceived ? 

2. How did the Confederates begin the war ? 

3. What was the first war measure of the Federal g-overnment ? 

4. When was a blockade of the entire coast oi the Confederacj' 

declared; wliat is a "paper blockade ?' 

5. How was revenue raised to provide for the expenses of the 

war ? 

6. Who was General-in-Chief of the Federal armj' until Novem- 

ber 1st, 1861 ? 

7. How. many volunteers were called for by the President ? 

8. When did the first battle of Bull Run occur: give the result '? 

9. Mention advantages possessed at the beginning of the war, 

by the South: by the North. 

10. Which States were known as border States during the Civil 

war ? 

11. What was the Trent affair ? 

12. Who succeeded Scott as General-in-Chief ? 

13. What was the objective point of the Union army during the 

first years of the war ? 

14. When were Forts Henry and Uonelson captured: by what 

combined forces ? 
1 "). What part was taken by Commodore Foote in the reduction of 
Fort Heiiiy: did Grant arrive before the fort surrendered ;* 

16. Relate the story of the engagement between the Merrimac 

and the Monitor. 

17. When did Farragut, with the assistance of an iirmy. capture 

New Orleans; who was in command of the troops ? 

18. By what other name is the battle of Shiloh known: which 

army \yas victorious; what famous Southern (Jeneral 
was killed there ? 

19. Although (Jeneral Grant was in command of the Union forces 

to whose services did he ascribe the victory ? 

20. Who commanded the Union troops in the Peninsular cam- 

paign ? 



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LESSON XLVI. 
The Civil War. 

1. Locate the Peninsula as to the State; what part of it ? 

2. Who was Commander-in Chief of the Confederate army 

when the battle of Seven Pines was foug-ht; after he was 
wounded what General succeeded to that rank ? 

3. Name the Commanders on both sides in the Seven Days' 

battles. 
4 What Confederate victory encouraged Lee to invade Mary- 
land in 1863 ? 

5. Give the date of the battle of Antietam; by whom was Lee 

defeated there ? 

6. Describe the battle of Fredericksburg; by whom had Mc- 

Clellan been superseded shortly before the battle; by 
whom was Burnside succeeded after his failure there ? 

7. In what year did Bragg invade Kentucky; by what Comman- 

ders was he driven out ? 

8. When was the Emancipation Proclamation made public; 

for what had the President been waiting ? 

9. How long did the siege of Vicksburg continue; by whom 

was the city surrendered ? 

10. What victory led to Lee's second invasion of the North; by 

what Union General was he defeated at Gettysburg ? 

11. What General gained the title "Rock of Chickamaugua"' on 

Chickamaugua field; name three Confederate leaders who 
were engaged in that battle; which side won the victory ? 

12. Describe the siege of Chattanooga and the battles of Novem- 

ber 33, 34 and 25, 

13. Were the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Cold 

Harbor Confederate victories or reverses ? 

14. To what locality was General Sheridan sent in August, 1864? 

15. What Confederate General was utterly routed by him; name 

the three battles by which the Shenandoah Valley was 
given to the Union troops ? 

16. What service was rendered by General Sheridan in the cam- 

paign about Richmond ? 

17. Describe the battle of Mobile bay; what rank was created 

expressly for Rear Admiral Farragut; when did he receive 
the thanks of Congress ? 



56 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

18. From what place did (ieneral Sherman start on his march 

to the sea ? 

19. When was Savannah captured ? 

20. By whom was Nashville defended in December, 1864; what 

confederate General was defeated there with great loss ? 

21. How was General Thomas rewarded by Congress for his ser- 

vice ? 



LESSON XLVII 
The Civil War. 



1. In what year were the battles in the final campaign about 

Richmond fought ? 

2. When did General Sherman march through the Carolinas ? 

3. Give the date of Lees surrender to General Grant; when 

did John.ston surrender his troops to Sherman ? 

4. Give the results of the war as to (a) the Union; (b) States 

Rights; (c) slavery ? 

5. When did the war close; what became of the two armies ? 

6. Give the names of Southern militarv prisons in which North- 

ern soldiers suffered great hardships. 

7. From what Commissions did the government receive aid ? 

8. Were the Confederates ever acknowledged as a nation, by 

European powers ? 
y. Name tiie most famous naval officers in the Union service. 

10. Name five Confederate CJenerals and mention a battle com- 

manded by each. 

11. Which was the most formidable of the Confederate cruisers ? 

13. What rank was given to Captain Winslow for destroying the 

Alabama ? 
i;{. What was Lincoln's attitude toward .slavery at the begin- 
ning of his first term ? 

14. What had the President declared in the warning proclama- 

tion of September, lS();i ? 

15. Did he proclaim emancipation on account of the abolition 

principle, or as a war measure ? 

16. In what States were the great battles of the war fought ? 

17. Name the principal naval engagements of the civil war. 

18. Give the names, in their order of service, of the Generals-in- 

Chief of the Union army; of the Confederate Generals-in- 
Chief. 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES BISTORT. 57 

19. Have the losses of the war ever been accurately estimated; 

what rendered it impossible '? 

20. Name the amount of the war debt; was the Confederate debt 

paid ? 

21. Who was elected to the second place on the ticket with Pres- 

ident Lincoln in 18G4 ? 
23. By the power of what Emperor, was Maximilian made Em- 
peror of Mexico ? 

23. What course was taken by Louis Napoleon when he discover- 

ed that the United States government was strong enough 
to enforce the Monroe Doctrine ? 

24. What was the fate of Maximilian ? 



LESSON XLVIIL 

Revikw of Fifth Period. 

1. Why were the border Slave-States more inclined to compro- 

mises than either the North or the South ? 

2. The thirty-first Congress is conceded to be the ablest in the 

history of the government. Among its members, name 
('/) three Senators — then serving their last terms — who 
were leaders in the Sen'ate; (b) a Senator who had served 
for thirty consecutive j-ears ? 

3. What bill, concerning flogging in the Navy, was enacted by 

the tliirty-first Congress; in what years did that Congress 
meet ? 

4. In whose administration was the Clayton-Bulwer treaty 

made; what point in the treaty was always a subject of 
dispute ? 

5. For what purpose was the Know-Nothing party organized ? 
<5. When was the Gratling gun invented ? 

7. Give the names of the two Southern forts held by the gov- 

ernment at the time of President Lincoln's inauguration ? 

8. What filibustering expedition in 1851, is of interest at this 

date (1902); was it sanctioned by the administration; what 
section of the country favored it ? 

9. Why were the Southern people — up to the time of the Civil 

war— more in favor of expansion, than the people of the 
North •? 

10. What was the Confederate plan at the beginning of the war; 

through what State was the chain of forts stretched ? 



58 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

11. Name the largest city in the Confederacy; when and by whom 

was it captured ? 

12. What Southern General was accidentally shot by his own 

men, at Chancellorsville ? 

13. Did the Confederates ever win a victory outside their own 

borders ? 

14. Locate the battle-field upon which the largest body of Fed- 

eral troops surrendered to the Confederates. 

15. In what year was the battle of the Wilderness fought; of 

Antietam;of Fredericksburg ? 
It). After what document — with slight exceptions — did the Con- 
federates model their Constitution ? 

17. Why did cotton exports drop S38, 000,000 in valuation between 

1860 and 1862 ? 

18. How many calls for troops were issued during the war by 

President Lincoln ? 

19. Name the two Secretaries of the Treasury during the Civil 

war ? 

20. Most of the bonds were sold through the agency of Jaj^ Cooke 

of Philadelphia: mention the other men from that city 
who had financed our government in a war ? 

21. What doctrine was inculated in the Kentucky and Virginia 

resolutions of 17!tS; by whom were they written '? 



LESSON XLIX. 
Review of Fifth Peuiod. 

1. Who were the Border-Ruffians ? 

2. What national disaster renders 1857 memorable ? 

3. When was the States' Rights question tina'ly settled ? 

4. When was the National Banking System, substantially as it 

now is. established ? 

5. In which one of the offices held by Daniel Webster, did he 

gain most fume ? 

6. How did the United States acquire California ? 

7. What was Squatter Sovereignty ? 

8. When was the first Fugitive Slave law passed; the second ? 

9. What delayed the admission of California into the Union ? 
10. What important service was rendered by John Ericsson dur- 
ing the Civil war ? 



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11. Mention the leading- principle of the Republican party from 

1850 to 1860 ? 

12. What was the leading principle of the Democratic party dur- 

ing that period ? 

13. What General declared slaves "contraband of war"? 

14. What means were taken, at the beginning of the Civil war 

to break the relations between England and the Southern 
States ? 

15. When was the postal money-order sj'stem established ? 

16. Name President Lincoln's famous War Secretary. 

17. Describe the draft-riot of 1863 in New York City '? 

18. Who was the Editor of the Neic York Tribune during the 

Civil war; of the New York Herald ? 

19. Who was the War-Governor of New York; of Massachusetts; 

of Pennsylvania ? 

20. What important service was rendered by Rear Admiral Por- 

ter in 1865 ? 

21. Who presented the case of the United States before the tri- 

bunal which met at Geneva ? 
23. By what other name is the battle of Murfreesboro known ? 



60 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



SIXTH PERIOD. 



LESSON L. 
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869. 

1. Give an account of the assassination of the President; of tlie 

attempt upon Secretai-y Sevvards life. 

2. When was Andrew Johnson inaugurated ? 

3. What was the fate of John Wilkes Booth; name four other 

conspirators who paid the penalty of their crime by death. 

4. When was the I*resident of the Confederacy captured; what 

was the ciiarg-e ag-iiinst him; was he ever tried for 
treason ? 

5. When did President Johnson issue his amnest3- proclama'^ion; 

name the classes included in it ? 

6. What are the provisions of the thirteenth amendment; when 

was it adopted ? 

7. How did the. reconstruction policy of Congress differ from 

that of the President; which prevailed ? 

8. For what purpose was the Freedmens IJureau established ? 

9. In what year was the Atlantic cable completed and perma- 

nent communication established between Europe and 
America; when was the work begun V 

10. When did the United States acquire Alaska; name the price 

paid for it ? 

11. What was the Tenure of Office act; for what violation of it 

was the President impeached; give the result of the trial ? 

12. Who presided at the Court of Impeachment; name the givat- 

est service rendered by this ofticial during the war ? 

13. When was the fourteenth amendment adopted; how many 

States ratified it under pressure . 

14. Who was the leader of reconstruction legislation in the 

' House of Representatives ? 

15. What was the meaning of the term "Carpet Bugger" ? 

16. For what purpose were the "Ku-Klux" organized ? • 

17. With what country was a treaty made in 1868 ? 

18. Name the States re-admitted in 1868. 



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19. What amendment was recommended by Congress about the 

close of Johnson's term ? 

20. Name its provisions. 

21. Which States took no part in the election of Johnson's suc- 

cessor ? 



LESSON LI. 
Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877. 

1. Name the political issues in the campaign of 1868. 

2. In what year were the last of the Confederate States re- 

admitted ? 

3. When was the fifteenth amendment proclaimed; what right 

did it confer upon the negro ? 

4. Mention three questions, either settled directlj^ by the Wash- 

ington treaty in 1871, or left to arbitration. 

5. To whom was the boundary line of the Northwest referred; 

in favor of which country was the decision given ? 

6. Explain why Santo Domingo was not annexed in 1871. 

7. What was the Credit Mobilier; what railroad was built by 

the company ? 

8. Give the causes which led to the formation of the Liberal 

Republican party; who was nominated as Vice-President 
during Grants .second term ? 

9. Name three famous men who died during Grant's first 

term ? 

10. When and by whom was the telephone invented ? 

11. What was the most important event of the Modoc war ? 

12. Name the causes which brought about the financial panic in 

Grant's administration. 

13. When was the coinage of the silver dollar discontinued; was 

the trade dollar also dropped ? 

14. How was the centennial of American independence observed? 

15. Why did the Sioux go upon the war path in 1876; what dis- 

aster befel the United States troops; what famous General 
was killed ? 

16. Give the result of the election in 1876. 

17. Upon what States did the result depend; how many States 

sent two sets of electoral votes ? 



62 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

18. Had the Constitution made any provision for such a contin- 

gency; by whom was the Electoral Commission bill largely 
framed ? 

19. Of what officials was the Commission composed; give the 

date upon which Hayes and Wheeler were declared duly 
elected ? 

20. Although there was dissatisfaction in the Democratic party 

over the decision, did the inauguration of Hayes occur 
without disturbance ? 

Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881. 

21. For what reason did Hayes appoint a Southern man as Post- 

master General; had any of his predecessors taken a mem- 
ber of his Cabinet from the opposition party ? 

22. Name the two Southern States from which the troops were 

withdrawn; does the "solid South" date from that time ? 

23. Give the cause, and the extent of the railroad strike in 1877. 

24. What was the Bland-Allison bill; in whose administration 

had silver been demonetized; for the coinage of what met- 
als did the first coinage act of Congress provide ? 

25. To how many arbitrators was the fi.sheries question, in the 

treaty of Washington, 1871, referred; how much did the 

United States pay England; in what year was this settled ? 
2(5. When was specie payment resumed ? 
2 7. In what year did General Grant make his tour of the 

world ? 
28. Name two celebrated authors and one statesman who died 

during the Hayes administration. 



LESSON Lll. 
Garfield and Arthur, 1881-1885. 

1. Give a brief sketch of General Garfield's life previous to his 

election to the presidency. 

2. What statesman did he make Secretary of the State; with 

what prominent New Yorker had Secretary Blaine long 
been at variance ? 
8. Why had the Vice-Presidency been given to Chester A. 
Arthur ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 63 

4. Give an account of the assassination of the President; the 

place and date of his death. 

5. What was the motive of Guiteau; give the result of his trial? 

6. What centennial was celebrated in 1881 V 

7. When was the Northern Pacific railroad couapleted ? 

8. At what date was letter postage reduced lo two cents ? 

9. To whom was the command of the army given in 1884 ? 

10. Owing to factional quarrels among New York Republi- 

cans, what Democrat was elected governor of that State 
by an unusual majoriiy in 1882 ? 

11. During this administration, what service was rendered by 

Commander (now Rear-Admiral) Schley ? 
13. How did the South invite attention to its progress since the 
Civil war ? 

13. Who was the nominee of the Republican party in 1884 ? 

14. What had made Grover Cleveland the logical candidate of 

the Democratic party ? 

15. For what is this campaign notorious; name two causes 

which are believed to have cost Mr. Blaine the loss of 
New York ? 

Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889. 

16. For how many years had the Republican party been in power 

when Cleveland became Chief Executive ? 

17. When was the Presidential Succession bill enacted; name the 

members of the Cabinet in their order of succession ? 

18. For how many years did the treaty of 1888 prohibit the im- 

migration of Chinese laborers; by which country was 
the treaty rejected ? 

19. What bureau was elevated to a department and its chief 

made a Cabinet officer ? 

20. By what means did this country compel the exclusion of the 

Chinese ? 

21. Name four prominent men who died during this adminis- 

tration ? 

22. By whom was the tariff made the issue in the campaign of 

1888 ? 



64 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

LESSON LIII. 
Benjamin • Harrison, 1889-1893. 

1. What office had Harrison held previous to his election to the 

presidency ? 

2. Mention some distinguished services rendered by his ances- 

tors ? 

3. Who was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 

1889; who was made Chairman of the Committee of Ways 
and Means ? 

4. What great disaster occurred at Johnstown, Pennsylvania ? 

5. Explain the Samoan complication. 

6. What silver bill was passed in 1890; by what name is the 

tariff bill of the same year known '? 

7. Was the tariff bill of 1890 for protection, or for revenue: 

name some article placed on the free list; what is meant 
by reciprocity ? 

8. What trouble arose between Italy and the United States dur- 

ing Harrison's term ? 

9. What is "The Mafia "? 

10. Give an account of the Chilian incident. 

11. What was the condition of the foreign and domestic trade 

during this period ? 

12. What ex- President died during Harrison's term ? 

13. Who were the Presidential nominees in 1892; give the result 

of the election ? 

Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897. 

14. How did the President defeat the annexation of Hawaii ? 

15. Explain the Bering Sea controversy; ho\y was the matter 

decided ? 
111. What caused the financial panic of 1893 ? 

17. Give an account of the trouble between Venezuela and Great 

Britain; what ultimatum was sent by the President to 
Great Britain '? 

18. What was Cleveland's attitude toward the civil service law 

in both of his terms; how many positions were placed 
under it during his second administration ? 

19. What were the issues of the campaign of 1896 ? 

20. What political party had increased in power during the last 

years of this administration; to what platform did they 
succeed in bringing over a large number of Democrats ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 65 

LESSON LIV. 
Review of Sixth Period, 

1. At the close of the Civil war "vvh3' was General Sheridan sent 

with an army to Texas ? 

2. Why has the South a larger representation in Congress now 

than she had before the Civil war ? 

3. Was the negro question entirely settled by reconstruction 

legislation ? 

4. Which amendments were added to the Constitution as a re- 

sult of the Civil war ? 

5. Name three Presidential elections, since the close of the 

Civil war, in which the chief political issue was the tariff ? 

6. What was the primary cause of the Chinese immigration; 

whj- did it become necessary to pass Chinese exclusion acts ? 

7. By what great disaster was Chicago visited in 1871 ? 

8. Why was Philadelphia selected as the site of the Centennial 

Exposition ? 

9. During whose administration were the majority of the se- 

ceded States re-admitted ? 

10. When and by whom was the World's Fair at Chicago for- 
mally opened ? 

il. When was Civil Service reform introduced ? 

12. Of how many members is the Presidents Cabinet composed ? 

13. In whose administration did Captain Eads improve the chan- 

nel of the Mississippi river; explain the jetties sj'stem ? 

14. By what parties was Horace Greeley nominated for the 

presidency ? 

15. What nation presented the Statue of Liberty to the United 

States: name the President by whom it was accepted for 
the people ? 

16. During whose administration was the first permanent At- 

lantic cable laid ? 

17. When and by whom was the phonograph invented; when 

were electric lights first used ? 

18. In whose administration were specie payments resumed ? 

19. When was the Brooklyn bridge completed ? 

20. Give the date of the establishment of the Weather Bureau. 

21. When was Oklahoma opened to settlement '? 



66 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

22. When was the Prohibition party organized; what does it 

advocate '? 

23. For what is the Pan-American Ckangress designed; in what 

country did it convene in 1901 ? 

24. Were all slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation; 

explain how the remainder gained their freedom ? 

25. What caused the negro exodus in 1879 ? 

26. By what name is the battle of Antietam sometimes known ? 

27. How many financial panics has the country experienced '? 

28. What caused the panics during (a) Moni-oes administration; 

(b) VanBuren's; (c) Buchanans; {d) Granfs; (e) Cleveland's? 

29. When was the Department of Justice established ? 

30. Who was the first Chief Justice: how many have been ap- 

pointed since the adoption of the Constitution; name 
the present one ? 



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SEVENTH PERIOD. 



LESSON LV. 
William McKinley, 1897-1901. 

1 . What was the question of prime importance at the begin- 

ning of McKinley"s term ? 

2. What tariff bill was passed at the extra session of Congress? 

3. How did this affect the business interests of the country ? 

4. Why have the Americans always been interested in Cuban 

affairs; what price did President Polk authorize our 
Minister to Madrid to offer for Cuba in 1848 ? 

5. Give a brief account of the Virginius incident in 1873. 

6. When the Cubans revolted — in 1895 — did this country re- 

main faithful to its treaty obligations ? 

7. Why was the battleship Maine sent— January, 1898 — to Ha- 

vana ? 

8. Give a brief account of the destruction of the Maine in Ha- 

vana harbor. 

9. When did the President recall Consul-General Lee from 

Havana ? 

10. What replj' was made by the President to the joint note of 

the diplomats; what countries were represented by the 
signers of that document ? 

11. Did any of the Powers thereafter make a protest as to the 

course followed by this country '? 
13. What resolutions were passed by both Houses of Congress in 
April, 1898; what action was taken by the Spanish Gov- 
ernment in regard to our Minister to Spain ? 

13. When did Congress declare that war with Spain had existed 

since April 21st, the day Spain severed diplomatic rela- 
tions with this country ? 

14. What amount of money was voted to be used at the Presi- 

dent's discretion in preparation for war ? 

15. Who was in command of the Asiatic naval station ? 

16. What officer commanded the fleet sent to blockade Cuban 

ports ? 



68 MAXUAL OF UXITED STATES HISTORY. 

17. Name the officer in command of the '"Flying Squadron." 

18. What remarkable voyag-e was made by tlie battleship Oregon, 

commanded by Captain Clark ? 

19. Where were the two fleets of the Spani.sh navy located ? 

20. Was there much occasion for strategy on the part of the 

Americans in this war ? 



LESSON LVI. 
The Staxisu Wak. 



1. How many volunteers were called for by the President ? 

2. How was money raised to carry on the war '.' 

3. Who were the •Rough Riders"'; name their Colonel and 

Lieutenant-Colouel ? 

4. Mention two ex-Confederate officers who were made Major- 

Generals of Volunteers. 

5. Describe Commodore Dewey"s victory on May 1. 1898; how 

was he rewarded by Congress ? 

6. "What General was sent to Manila, in command of the 

troops; by whom was lie succeeded ? 

7. Describe the capture of the Island of Guam by the cruiser 

Charleston. 

8. For what were Sampson's fleet and Schley's flying squadron 

.searching V 

9. What port was blockaded by Schley ? 

10. What port was subsequently blockaded by both Samp.sons 

and Schley's commands '? 

11. Relate briefly the .story of Naval Lstructor Hobson's ex- 

ploit at Santiago. 

12. Who was in command of the troops sent to Santiago; at 

what place did they disembark ? 

13. How many troops had General Shafter .July 1st; who was in 

command of the force at El Caney ? 

14. Describe the charge up San Juan Hill ? 

15. When did the Spanish fleet make a sortie from Santiago 

harbor ? 
1%. Where was Sampson at this time; in his absence, who was 
the ranking officer ? 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 69 

17. Describe briefly the capture of the Spanish fleet; how many 

hours did the battle continue ? 
IS. By whom was the surrender of Admii-al Cervera and his 

officers and crew received ? 

19. What was the American loss in this naval battle; compare 

it with the Spanish loss ? 

20. What was done with the Spanish officers; with the sailors ? 



LESSON LVII. 
The Spanish War. 



1. When did General Toral surrender Santiago; upon what 

terms ? 

2. U hat proved to be more efl'ective in this war than Spanish 

bullets: to what camp was the army sent ? 

3. What promotions were g-iven to Colonel Wood of the Rough 

Riders ? 

4. Within what period of time did General Shafter invade a 

foreign country, win two battles, and receive the surren- 
der of a larger army than his own ? 

a. What General served under General Miles, in Porto Rico ? 

<3. Was there any serioias fighting on that island ? 

7. Who represented the Spanish interests in asking for terms 

of peace ? 

8. What terms were offered by President McKinley ? 
y. When and by whom was the protocol signed '? 

10. Before the news, that peace was made, reached Manila, 

what had occurred there ? 

11. Wlien were the Stars and Stripes raised on Morro Castle ? 

12. Name the Commissioners appointed to make the formal 

Treaty of Peace in Paris. 

13. What agreement was reached concerning the Philippines ? 

14. When was the treaty ratified by the Senate; when was it 

signed by the Queen Regent ? 

15. What chang-e was wrought in sectional feeling, by the Span- 

ish war ? 

16. What controversy arose over the conduct of the War De- 

partment ? 

17. Why was the Commissary-General court-martialed and sus- 

pended from duty for six years ? 



70 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

18. What was the entire strength of the army ? 

19. Give the total losses of the Americans. 

20. Is the expansion policy of the administration universally 

approved; to what political party do the majority' of anti- 
expansionists belong- ? 

21. Were not the Louisiana cession and the Me.xican acquisition 

viewed with as much alarm in 1803 and 1848 ? 



LESSON LVIII 
Review of Seventh Period. 

1. What was the tenor of the letter believed to have been writ- 

ten by Depuj' de Lome, the Spanish Minister at Washing- 
ton ? 

2. Who was the American Consul-General at Havana when the 

Maine was destroyed ? 

3. Name our Minister to Spain at that time. 

4. Explain Captain-General Weylers policy of reconcentration; 

what I'esulted from that plan ? 

5. Who was in command of the battleship Maine, when she 

was sent to Havana ? 

6. What ship had the Spanish sent to New York, as an expres- 

sion of good intentions, in 1898 ? 

7. Was this country' prepared for war at the beginning of the 

year 1898 ? 

8. Which was in the better condition for service, the army or 

the navy ? 

9. How did the Spanish navy rank at the beginning of the 

Spanish-American war ? 

10. Did man J' of the American volunteers see much service on 

the field of battle ? 

11. What troops did the States generally use as a basis in filling 

their quotas ? 

12. How many volunteers were asked for in the Fre.sidenfs sec- 

ond call for troops ? 

13. When Commodore Dewey entered Manila Bay, May 1, 1898, 

how many miles was he from the nearest American port ? 

14. Did Spain capture any American prisoners during the war; 

where was the first American blood shed in this war ? 



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15. By what forces was the city of Manila captured ? 

16. What controversy arose between the friends of Sampson and 

Schley ? 

17. What forced Admiral Schley to ask for a Court of Inquiry ? 
IS. What are the provisions of the Hay-Pauncefote Canal treaty; 

when was it ratified by the Senate ? 

19. What treaty of 18.50, does this supercede; name the routes 

reported upon by the Commission appointed for that pur- 
pose ? 

20. What national calamity occurred on September 6, 1^01; give 

the date of the President's death ? 

21. What was the motive of the assassin; when was he tried, 

convicted and executed ? 

22. Give the time and place of President Roo6evelfs inaugura- 

tion. 

23. What was the decision of the Supreme Court concerning the 

Philippines and Porto Rico; must Congress enact a special 
law regulating their tariff relations ? 

24. What was the purpose of the Pan-American Exposition ? 



LESSON LIX. 
Insular Possessions of The United States. 

Hawaii. 

1. When was Hawaii annexed to the United States; by what 

resolution; when was it created a Territory '? 

2. How many islands are there in the Hawaiian group; what 

nationalities are represented in its inhabitants ? 

3. Name the present Governor of the Territory; has it a dele- 

gate in Congress '? 

Cuba. 

4. When was the United States flag raised over Cuba ? 

5. Who was appointed Military Governor of tlie island ? 

6. For what form of government does the proposed constitution 

of Cuba provide ? 

7. When will the transfer of actual authority from the United 

States to the New Cuban government be made ? 

8. What does Cuba desire as to reciprocity with the United 

States ? 



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Porto Rico. 

9. When did the United States take formal possession of Porto 
Rico ? 

10. At wliat date did the civil government, established by Con- 

gress, go into effect ? 

11. Name the present Governor. 

Guam. 

12. Which is the largest island of the Ladrone archipelago; 

when was it ceded to the United States ? 

13. What is its distance from San Francisco; from Manila; by 

whom is its Governor appointed ? 

TUTUII.A. 

14. When and how did Tutuila come into possession of the 

United States; what is said of its harbor, Pago- Pago ? 

Philipi'ink Islands. 

1.5. When did the Philippines come into possession of Spain; in 
honor of which Spanish King were tliey named ? 

16. Give a brief account of Aguinaldo; when was he captured 

by General Funston ? 

17. For what purpose was a Civil Commission appointed by tlie 

President; had the work been already begun by the Mili- 
tary authorities ? 

18. When was William H. Taft appointed Governor of the 

Philippines ? Give the date of inauguration. 

19. Mention the various methods by which tlie Filipinos are 

being educated and trained for self-government ? 

20. Had the Filipinos received religious training during the 

centuries they were under Spanish rule; do they adhere 
to the Church'? 

Danish Wkst Indies — St. Thomas, St. John, St. Ckoix. 

21. When was the treaty, ceding these islands, ratified by the 

Senate ? 

22. What price was paid to Denmark for them; give the date of 

a previous cession which the Senate failed to ratify V 

23. By what body will the civil rights and the economic rela- 

tions of the inhabitants of the islands be determined ? 



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LESSON LX. 
Admission of States. 

1. In whose administration were Vermont and Kentucky ad- 

mitted ? 

2. During whose term was Tennessee admitted ? 

3. Name the President when Ohio was admitted ? 

4. Wlio was President when Louisiana and Indiana became 

States ? 

5. Name tlie five States admitted during Monroe's term. 

♦5. In wliose administration did Arl^ansas become a State ? 
7. Who was President at the time Michigan was admitted ? 
S. In whose administration was Florida admitted ? 
9. Name tlie three States admitted during Polk"s term. 

10. During whose term did California become a State ? 

11. Mention tlie three States admitted during Buchanan's ad- 

niinistration. 
1:2. What States wei'e admitted in Lincoln's term ? 

13. Name the State which came into the Union while Johnson 

was President ? 

14. Who was President when Colorado was admitted ? 

1.5. What States came into the Union during Cleveland's first 
term ? 

16. Name the two States admitted during Harrison's adminis- 

tration ? 

17. What State was admitted in Cleveland's second term ? 



TERRITORIES ORGANIZED. 

District of Columbia, July 16, 1790; March 3, 1791. 
*Indian, 1834. 
New Mexico, 1850. 
Arizona. 1863. 
District of Alaska, 1868. 
Oklahoma, 1890. 
Hawaii, 1900. 

*Inillan Territory has no organized Territorial government. 



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THE STATE FLOWERS. 



The State Flowers, in most 
votes of the pupils in the public 

Alabama Golden Rod 

Arkansas Apple Blossom 

California Poppy 

Colorado . . .Purple Columbine 

Delaware Peach Blossom 

Florida .laponica 

(Georgia Golden Rod 

Idaho Syring-ia 

Illinois Rose 

Indiana Corn 

Iowa Wild Rose 

Louisiana Magnolia 

Maine Pine Cone 

Michigan Apple Blossom 

Minnesota Moccasin 



instances, were adopted by the 
.schools. 

Mississippi Magnolia 

Montana Bitter Root 

Nebraska Golden Rod 

New Jersey (tree) Maple 

New York Rose 

N. Carolina, Chrysanthemum 

North Dakota Gokleu Rod 

Nevada Sun-flower 

Oregon (J rape 

Oklahoma Territory Mistletoe 

Rhode Island Violet 

Texas Blue Bonnet 

Utah Sego Lily 

Vermont Red clover 

Washington... Rhododendron 



GROWTH OF THE CABINET. 



Cabinet officers in order of establishment, and the adminis- 
tration in svhich they were appointed. 

Established 1789; 



Secretary of State. 



Secretary of Treasury, 


1789; 


" " 


Secretary of War 


1789; 


" " 


Ati orney-General 


1789; 


" " 


I'ostmaster General* 


1789; 


.' (( 


Secretary of Navy 


1798; 


John Adams' " 


Secretarv of Interior 


1849; 


I'olk-s 


Secretary of Agriculture 


1889; 


Cleveland's " 



Washington's Cabinet. 



•The Poetmaeter General was not considered a member of the Cabinet uq 
til 1829, In Jackson's first term. 



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THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES RATIFIED 
THE CONSTITUTION. 



Delaware 1787 

Pennsylvania 1787 

New Jersey 1787 

Georgia 1788 

Connecticut 1788 

Massachusetts 1788 

Maryland 1788 



South Carolina 1788 

New Hanapshire 1788 

Virg-inia 1788 

New York 1788 

North Hai-olina 1780 

Rhode Island 1790 



DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZENS. 



John Adams 1826 

John Quincy Adams 1848 

Chester A. Arthur, 1886 

Geoi'ge Bancroft, 1891 

Henry Ward Beecher, . . . 1887 
James Gillespie Blaine,. . 1893 
William CuUen Bryant, . . 1878 

John C. Calhoun, 18.50 

Salmon P. Chase, 1873 

Rufus Choate, 1861 

Henry Clay, 1853 

Roscoe Conkling, 1888 

Stephen A. Douglas 1861 

Frederick Douglass 1895 

John Ericsson 1889 

Benjamin Franklin, ... . 1790 

David G. Farragut, 1870 

Ulysses S. Grant 1885 

James A. Garfield, 1887 

Horace Greeley, 1872 

Benjamin Harrison, 1901 



Oliver Wendell Holmes, . . 1894 

Washington Irving 1861 

Andrew Jack,son, 1848 

Thomas Jefferson 1826 

Robert E. Lee, 1870 

Abrahain Lincoln, 186.") 

John A. Logan, 1S8G 

James Ru.ssell Lowell. . . . 1891 

William McKinley, • 1901 

Oliver P. Morton, 1877 

William H. Prescott 1861 

William U. Seward, 1873 

Philip II. Sheridan, 1888 

William T. Sherman, .... 1891 

Edwin M. Stanton, 1869 

Charles Sumner, 1874 

Thaddeus Stevens 1868 

Bayard Taylor, 1878 

George Washington, 1799 

Daniel Webster, 1852 



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ENGLISH RULERS. 

Rulers of England from Henry VII, who invited Columbus to 
his Court with promises of assistance, to George 111, iu whose 
reign America gained her independence. 

The reign of Henr3' VII closed in 1509. 

Henry VIII, from 150'.» to i:)47. 

Edward VI, from 1547 to 1553. 

Mary, from 1553 to 155S. 

Elizabeth, from 1558 to 1603. 

James I, from 1603 to 1625. 

Charles I, from 1625 to 1649. 

Cromwell and the Commonwealth, from 1649 to 1660. 

Charles II, from lOGO to 1685. 

.lames II, from li)S5 to 1G88. 

William and Mary, from 1688 to 1702. 

Anne, from 1702 to 1714. 

George L from 1714 to 1727. 

George II. from 1727 to 1760. 

George III, from 1760 to 1810.* 



*The king was incapacitated by his mental malady In 1810. Prince of 
Wales governed as liegent during the last years of his father's reign, Jan- 
uary, 1811, to January, 1820. 



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8UPFLEMENTAR Y Q UE8T10N8. 



NEW YORK. 
Colony and State. 

1. What voyager, probably first entered New York bay ? 
Ans. From a letter written by Giovanni da Verrazano to 

Francis I, King of France, it is inferred that that Florentine 
Commander cruised along the Atlantic coast and entered New 
York bay, in his ship the Dalfina (Dauphine) in the spring of 
1524. 

2. Were the Dutch the first traders within the territory now 

known as New York ? 
Ans. That belief is generally accepted, but Fiske says that 
the French had traded with the Indians ever since Verrazano's 
voyage, and had built a fort on an island a few miles south of 
Albany. 

3. Who was William Usselincx; what organization was sug- 

gested by him '? 

Aixs. An enterprising merchant of Antwerp; to organize a 
West India Company for the purpose of trade, and also to annoy 
Spain. 

4. For what purpose did the Dutch engage the services of the 

English Commander, Henry Hudson '? 

Ans. To find a north-west passage around the American con- 
tinent. 

5. Give the name of his ship; the time consumed in the voyage; 

where did he cast anchor ? 
The Half Moon; he sailed on the fourth of April, 1609, and 



78 MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

anchored within Sandy Hook on September third. According 
to Indian tradition a boat's crew who landed on tlie beach of 
Congee (Coney Island,) were the first Europeans to tread the 
shore of the harbor. 

6. How far did the Half Moon ascend the river '? 

On the nineteenth of September Hudson anchored near the 
present site of Albany; returning he sailed out to sea the fourth 
of October. 

7. By what name was Long Island known at the time of the 

discovery of the Hudson river ? 
It was called Sewan-hack from Sewan (shells, wampum) and 
hacking (land), the Indians of the island being the principal 
manufacturers of that currency. 

4. Who was Adrian Block; when did he build the first vessel 
constructed by white men on these shores ? 
A Dutch navigator who spent the winter of 1613-1614 on Man- 
hattan island where he built the Onrust (Restless.) In the 
spring he discovered the Housatonic and Connecticut rivers. 

9. By whom was Hellegat named ? 
The East river was named Hellegat (corrupted into Hell 
Gate) by Block, after a river in Holland. 

10. Who explored Long Island sound, discovering thereby the 

insvilar character of Long Island ? 
Adrian Block, in 1614. 

11. Did Block discover the island named after him ? 

It had been seen by Cornells May, before it was visited by 
Block. 

18. When was the name New Netherland first officially applied 
to the territory ? 
In 1614, when the States General granted a charter to the 
United New Netherland company. 

13. Where was Fort Nassau ? 

The abandoned French fort below Albany was repaired by 
the Dutch in 1614, and named Fort Nassau in honor of the fami- 
ly of the Stadtholder. 



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14. Where was a Dutch fort and trading post built in 1618, 

when a freshet compelled a reino%'al from Castle Island ? 
At the mouth of the Tawasentha (place of the many dead) 
where there was a Mohawk village and burial place. 

15. What did the Dutch afterward name the Tawasentha ? 
Andriessen Bradt, a native of Denmark, surnamed the Norman, 

settled there, and the Dutch called the stream Norman's kill. 

16. What Dutch fort was located on the present site of Albany; 

when was it built ? 
Fort Orange; 1623. 

17. Give the name of the village which grew up around Fort 

Orange; the significance of the name '? 
Beverwick; it was a center of the trade in beaver and other 
furs. 

18. For how many years had the Dutch a formal government; 

name the four governors ? 
Thirty-eight. Peter Minuet; Walter Van Twiller; William 
Kieft and Peter Stuyvesant. 

19. What is the origin of the name Staten Island ? 
So-called in honor of the Staaten, or States General. 

20. Who were the Patroons ? 

Wealthy members of the West India Company who had re- 
ceived large grants of land in return for having settled Colo- 
nies numV)ering fifty adults. There were ten Patroons (pa- 
trons), the most prosperous of all being Kilian Van Rensselter 
whose manor-house was erected in 1630. 

21. Who was the first clergyman of New Netherland; when did 

he arrive ? 
Domine Evrax-dus Bogardus, (latin form of Evert Bogaert) 
came with Van Twiller in 1633; the church built for him was 
the first on Manhattan 

22. By what name was the present location of the Brooklyn 

Navy Yard known to the early settlers of New Netherland? 
Wallabout Bay. 



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23. Who was the first schoolmaster; date of his arrival ? 
Adam Roelandson; came with Van Twiller in 1633, in the 

warship Soutberg. 

24. Give the origin of the name, Governors Island ? 

The little island in the bay was bought by Van Twiller; since 
that dale it has been known as Governor's Island. 

2T>. What was the curi-ency of the red men ? 
Wampum; beads made from sea-shells. 

26. How many colors were there; in what respect did that cur- 

rency resemble the double standard '? 
White, purple and black; the dark beads were worth about 
twice as much as the white. 

27. Where were tliese shells chiefly found; what other colonists 

learned the use and value of wampum fi-om the Dutch ? 
On the shores of Long Island; the Plymouth settlers. 

28. What assembly was called in Kief fs administration; wliy '.' 
In 1641 Kieft invited an assemblage of heads of families to 

consider . the question of an Indian war. At this meeting a 
board of Twelve Men were chosen. 

29. In what year was the second assembly convened; bj' what 

name was the second board known ? 
In 1643; The Eight Men. 

30. When was the third board elected; what was it called ? 
In 1647; The Nine Men. 

31. What officials succeeded to the Nine Men ? 

The Burgomasters; they were ex-officio chief rulers of the 
city. 

32. How was the West India Company governed ? 

The government was vested in five separate Chambers or 
Boards, representing different sections of the Netherland. The 
Executive Board was known as the College of Nineteen. 

33. Where was Rensselaerstein ? 

A fortress built by Kilian Van Rensselaer upon a rocky island 
in the Hudson was known by that name. 



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34. What was "staple right;" by whom levied ? 

The right to compel passing vessels either to pay duty for that 
privilege, or to unload their cargoes to be sold upon the dock; 
Kilian Van Rensselter at Rensselaerstein. 

35. How did the Dutch migration to New Netherland differ 

from that of the English to New England ? 
The Dutch movement was one of individuals; the English 
came to New England in communities and parishes already or- 
ganized. 

36. What is the origin of the name Yonkers ? 

The Patroon Adrian Van Der Donck's manor was commonly 
known as "de Yonkheer"s Landt." Yonkheer (young lordj is 
now familiar to us as Yonkers. 

37. What was the beginning of Wall Street ? 

In 1652 a wall was built across Manhattan Island at the 
northern limit of the city; this wall was the commencement of 
one of the most famous streets in the world. 

38. What was the recognized religion of the colony ? 

The Dutch Reformed church was tL prevailing religious or- 
ganization. 

39. When did the Jews arrive in New Netherland ? 

A few Jews had settled in New Amsterdam under the liberal 
rule of the Dutch, and in 1691 had a place of public worship. 
In 1738 William Smith an earnest advocate of the freedom of 
the press obtained the passage of a law disfranchising the Jews. 

40. When were the streets of New York first lighted ? 

In 1697; the housekeeper of every seventh house on a street 
was obliged to hangout on a pole a lantern with a candle in it, 
the expense to be defrayed equally bj' the occupants of the seven 
houses. 

41. What changes occurred, in the names of officers, at the be- 

ginning of English rule ? 

The Director-General became Governor; the Burgomasters, 
Magistrates; the Schepens, Aldermen; the Schouts, Sheriffs; 
the Koopmen, Secretaries 



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42. Who was the first English governor; what was the most im- 

portant appointment made by him ? 
Colonel Nichols; that of Thomas Willet to be first Mayor of 
New York city. 

43. Who was the first physician in New York ? 

Dr. Johannes La Montaigne, who began practicing in 1636 ? 

44. What change occurred in the government in 1673 ? 

The Dutch sailed into the bay and entered the garrison with- 
out giving or receiving a shot, Captain Manning, the comman- 
der of the port, having offered to surrender. 

45. When was New York restored to the English; how ? 
In 1674; by treaty. 

46. Under what Governor did the citizens adopt a charter for 

their own government ? 
Governor Dongan. 

47. What rights did it secure to the people ? 

Trial by jury; the franchise; taxation by the Assembly and 
religious freedom. 

48. How often did the Assembly meet; of how many members 

was it composed ? 
Once it three years; twenty-one. 

49. In order to apportion the members, into how many Counties 

was the Colony divided ? 
Twelve were erected in 1683; but Cornwall (now in Maine.) 
and Dukes, consisting of several islands on the coast of Massa- 
chusetts, were detached in 1691. 

50. Give the names of the six Counties which remain nearly as 

organized in 1683; and, following, the four which have 
since been divided ? 
Suffolk, Queens, Kings, New York, Richmond and Westchester; 
Orange, Ulster, Dutchess and Albany. 

51. Why is a park in New York called The Battery ? 
Leisler improved the fort at New York planting a battery of 

six guns about it; hence the name. 



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52. What gave New York power in the Inter-Colonial wars ? 
The friendship of the Iroquois. 

'53. When did New York finally pass from the hands of the 
Dutch ? 
In 1674, to remain for one hundred years an English province. 

54. Mention one advantage to the country arising from this 

capture by the English. 
The countr3r obtained unity, as England had then an unin- 
terrupted coast line from Maine to Georgia. 

55. Who was the most noted leader of New York forces during 

King Williams war ? 
Peter Schuyler of Albany; as Maj-or of Albany he was ex- 
ofiicioCommissioner to the Indians, and was deservedly popular. 

56. What governor effected the establishment of Trinity Church 

in New York city; when ? 
Governor Fletcher; 1696. 

57. Who was the first printer in New York ? 

William Bradford came to New York in 1693, and that year 
printed the laws of the colony. 

58. When and by whom was the first newspaper published ? 

'n 1735 the New York Gazette was published by William Brad- 
ford. 

59. Whei'e was Bradford buried; where is the original tomb- 

stone now placed ? 
In Trinity churchyard; in the rooms of the New York His- 
torical Society, to which it was given in 1863, by Trinity Church 
Corporation. The stone now in the churchyard is only a copy. 

60. When was the first public library opened '? 

In 1729; it was known as the Corporation Library. 

<61. What was the first College called; when was the cornerstone 
laid ? 
Kings College; in 1756. 



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62. What benefit did New York receive from the French and 

Indian war V 
Farmers pushed on north and west of Albany to fertile lands 
they had marched over during that war; towns grew up, more 
or less rapidl}', about the ff)rts as in case of Rome near Fort 
Stanwix, and Utica about Fort Schuyler. 

63. How many rulers had New York in the century preceding 

the Revolution; what feudal lord in the Mohawk valley 
had powerful influence over the Indians ? 
Thirty-three, many of these being Lieutenant-<jovernors; 
Sir William Johnson. 

64. When did the battle of Golden Hill occur; why is it of im- 

portance ? 
It began on January 19th, and continued on the :^Oth, 1770; it 
was the first bloodshed between soldiers and citizens, having 
occurred nearly two months previous to the Boston Massacre. 

65. Who were the Sons of Liberty ? 

The radical opponents of the royal Governors ? 

66. At the beginning of the Revolution in which colony was the 

spirit of resistance strongest ? 
Bancroft says "That spirit was nowhei-e so strong as in 
New York."' 

67. What resistance was made in New York to the tea tax ? 
New York, like Boston, had organized a society of 'Mohawks' 

to throw the tea overboard; but the ship destined for New 
York was delayed by storms, and when it did finally arrive was 
not allowed to land its cargo. 

68. What two New Yorkers were app9inted Generals, by the 

same Congress wliich commissioned Washington Com- 
mander-in-Chief ? 
Philip Schuyler and Richard Montgomery. 

69. When, and where, was the earliest attempt made to consoli- 

date the strength of the American colonies ? 
In 1754, when a convention met in Albany to discuss a plan of 
union. 



MANUAL OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 85 

70. Why did a Provincial Convention meet in New York, April, 

1775 ? 

To choose delegates to the Continential Congress. 

71. When was the State of New York ushered into existence '? 
In July, 1776, when the Provincial Congress assumed the name 

Convention of Representatives of the State of New York. 

72. Name the members of the Committee appointed, by this con- 

vention, to prepare a Constitution. 
John Jay, John. S Hobart, William Smith, William Duer, 
Gouverneur Morris, Robert Yates. Robert R. Livingston, John 
Broome, Jolin Morin Scott, Abraham Yates, jr., Henry Wisner, 
Samuel Townsend. Chai-les DeWitt. 

73. When did the Committee report; when was the First Consti- 

tution of New York State adopted ? 
March, 1777: April, 1777. 

74. How many Constitutions has New York had ? 

Four; in 1777, in 1822, in 1846 and 1894. A convention was 
called in 1866, but its work failed to meet the approval of the 
people. 

75. When was the University of the State established; who was 

its first Chancellor ? 

In 1784; George Clinton, the first Governor of New York. 

76. Name three distinguished men among the first Regents of 

the .University; to what did they change the name of 
Kings College ? 

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and Baron Steuben; to Co- 
lumbia College. 

77. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had an advi- 

sory power only: what distinction attached to New York 
during that period ? 

It was the only one of the thirteen States to meet every re- 
quest of Congress for men and money. 

78. Name the three delegates from New York to the Convention 

of 1787. held for the purpose of revising the Articles of 
Confederation; how many voted ? 



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Alexander Hamilton, Robert Yates and John Lansing jr.;. 
Alexander Hamilton voted for the new Constitution, Yates and 
Lansing being Anti-Federalists, withdrew from convention. 

79. How many counties had New York at the time of Washing- 

ton's first inaugeration; how many at present '.' 
Fifteen; sixtj'-one. 

80. To whom is New York most indebted for tlu- Erie Canal; 

when was it commenced; when finished ? 
trovernor DeWitt Clinton; in 1817; in 1825. 

81. Who was then President; name the Governor of New York ? 
John Quincy Adams; De Witt Clinton. 

82. Name two prominent citizens of New York who have repre- 

sented the government at the French court. 
Robert R. Livingston and Gouverneur Morris. 

83. Which one negotiated the purchase of Louisiana 
Robert R. Livingston. 

84. Wliat was the "'Long House" of the Iroquois confederacy ? 
A figurative expression by which the Indians designated their 

league; the Mohawks were called the keepers of the eastern 
door, and tlie Senecas, the keepers of the western. 

85. Wliat otficials were charged with the management of Indian 

affairs under the Dutch government; after the English 

conquest ? 
The Director-General and Council of the province of New 
Netherland; the mayor and magistrates of Albany, acting as a 
Board of Indian Commissioners. 

86. What is considered tlie most important act of Governor 

Andros' administration ? 

The founding of the Indian Commission. 

87. Under what name was Long Lsland represented in the assem- 

bly of October, 1083; of how many representatives was 
the assembly composed V 
Yorkshire: it was divided into three districts called "ridings." 
Eighteen; it was by this assembly that New York, and its ap- 
pendages, were divided into twelve counties. 



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88. Mention the most important fact in early American history. 
The alliance between the Five Nations and the whites — 

Dutch and English — in the Hudson river valley. 

89. Why did the French find it a hopeless undertaking :o make 

overtures of friendship to the Mohawks ? 
Because that tribe had not forgotten that a Frenchman — 
Champlain — had accompanied the war-party of Canadian Indi- 
ans at whose hands the Mohawks had suffered defeat in 1609. 

90. Explain why Albany was one of the most prominenttowns 

in the English-American colonies. 
After it was made headquarters of the Indian Commission, 
the fact of its nearness to the Iroquois league added greatly to 
its importance. 

91. What organization — formed previous to the revolution — held 

public meetings in "The Fields'"; locate the place. 
The Sons of Liberty; at that date the region now occupied ^y 
the Post Office, City Hall and City Hall Park were in the out- 
skirts of the town. 

92. What New Yorker wrote the call for the only Constitutional 

convention ever held by the nation. 
Alexander Hamilton. 

93. When was the first newspaper published in Albany ? 
The Albany Gazette; published in 1771. 

94. (a) What battle of the Revolution has been styled "The Glory 

of New York"; (/j) Why ? 
(n) The battle of Oriskany. (h) The fate of Burgoyne"s expe- 
dition was largely decided there, in one the most desperate hand 
to hand encounters of the war. 

95. (a) Who was in command of the American troops; (/)) ^vhy did 

they fail to reach Fort Stanwix ? 

(«) General Nicholas Herkimer, who was in command of eight 
hundred men between the ages of sixteen and sixty; (h) more 
than one-third of the men were killed or disabled, and General 
Herkimer was fatally wounded. 



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96. What citizen of New York was the first Chief-Justice of the 

Supreme Court of the United States V 

John Jay. 

97. During- Jays administration as governor what legislation, 

concerning slaver3% did he secure; when was slavery to- 
tally abolished in New York ? 
The passage of an act for its gradual abolition; July 4th, 1827. 

98. Name five other famous governors of the State. 

George Clinton, Dewitt Clinton, William L. Marcy, William 
H. Seward, Silas Wright. 

99. Name four of the ablest United States Senators. 
Gouverneur Morris, W^illiam H. Seward, Roscoe Conkling, 

William M. Evarts. 

100. From what year do the common public schools of New 

York date ? 
From 1795, when the Legislature voted money to the amount 
of fifty thousand dollars yearly for five years; the counties 
sharing in the distribution of State money duplicated the 
amount by local taxation. 

101. When was the otfice of Superintendent of Schools created; 

name the first incumbent of the office; when was the first 
Superintendent of Public Instruction elected ? 
In 1S1.3, Gideon Hawley; in 1854, and in 1867 the common 
schools in the State were made free. 

10:i. Mention four Superintendents of Public Instruction. 

Victor M. Rice; Neil Gilmour; Andrew S. Draper; Charles R. 
Skinner. 

103. What was the '"Albany Regency"? 

A few able men of the Democratic party who, having their 
headquarters at Albany, largely controlled the action of their 
party throughout the Union. 

104. Name the Presidents furnished by New York; how many 

were elected to that office ? 
Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, 
Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt; two. 



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105. When were the Stars and Stripes first hoisted; over what 

fort ? 

On the day the battle of Oriskany was fought, August 6, 1777; 
Fort Stanwix. 

106. Describe the capture of the British standards, and the 

manufacture of an American flag. 
Colonel Marinus Willett had made asortie from Fort Stanwix 
and captured Sir John Johnson 's camp containing much spoil. 
Among the plunder were five British standards , which the 
Colonel hoisted ovhe the fort, while above them he raised an 
American flag constructed out of a white shirt, a bluejacket, 
and some strips of red from a skirt belonging to a soldier's wife. 

107. Give an acount of the establishment of the Military Acad- 

emy at West Point. 
The necessity of such a school was felt as early as 1776, and in 
two annual messages to Congress Washington had suggested the 
propriety of such an institution. In 1801 it was established by 
act of Congress, and in 1812 provision was made for its reorgani- 
zation. 

108. When was the State Library founded ? 
In 1818, by act of Legislature. 

109. In what year was the State Board of Charities organized ? 
In 1867. 

110. What is the State color ? 
The imperial color, purple. 

111. Name the elements determining political rank that have 

given to New York the title of Empire State. 
Wealth, population and commerce. 



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